1.Inducement
Meaning: a thing that persuades or leads someone to do something.
Synonym: incentive, attraction, encouragement,
Antonym: deterrent
Sentence: "companies were prepared to build only in return for massive inducements"
2.Rambunctious
Meaning: uncontrolled in a way that is playful or full of energy
Synonym: hell-raising, knockabout, boisterous
Antonym: noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, serene,
Sentence: The schoolyard was filled with rambunctious kids.>
3.Pernicious
Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
Synonym: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious
Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable
Sentence: "the pernicious influences of the mass media"
4.Ostracize
Meaning: exclude from a society or group.
Synonym: exclude, shun
Antonym: welcome, accept, befriend, include
Sentence: "she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers"
5.Impoverish
Meaning: make (a person or area) poor, exhaust the strength or vitality of.
Synonym: weaken, sap, exhaust, drain
Antonym: strengthen, enrich, rich, fertile
Sentence: the wars had impoverished him"
6.Prestige
Meaning: widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.
Synonym: status, standing, stature,
Antonym: Disrespect, humility
Sentence: "the firm has recently gained considerable prestige"
7.Cenotaph
Meaning: a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war
Sentence: The town of Chhatarpur, which is named after Chhatar Sal, and contains his cenotaph, is 70 m.
8.Abbot
Meaning: a man who is the head of an abbey of monks
Sentence: In August 1177 we know that he was abbot of the monastery of Corazzo, near Martirano.
9.Abject
Meaning: (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
Synonym: sycophantic,submissive,creeping
Antonym: Proud
Sentence: The poor surroundings caused abject misery.
10.Abdicate
Meaning: of a monarch) renounce one's throne.
Synonym: resign, retire, quit,
Antonym: accept, take on
Sentence: "the government was accused of abdicating its responsibility"
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