1.Moratorium:
Meaning: a temporary prohibition of an activity, a legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment.
Synonym: embargo, ban, prohibition, suspension, postponement
Antonym: recommencement, renewal
Sentence: "the debt was to be subject to a five-year moratorium"
2.Mitigation
Meaning: the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
Synonym: alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening
Antonym: intensification
Sentence: "the identification and mitigation of pollution"
3.Vulnerable
Meaning: exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
Synonym: in jeopardy, at risk, endangered, unsafe, unprotected,
Antonym: invulnerable, resilient
Sentence: "we were in a vulnerable position"
4.Concomitant
Meaning: naturally accompanying or associated, a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.
Synonym: attendant, accompanying, associated, collateral,
Antonym: unrelated
Sentence: "she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries"
5.stagnant
Meaning: (of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.
Synonym: still, motionless, immobile, inert, lifeless,
Antonym: flowing, running, fresh
Sentence: "a stagnant economy"
6.canvass
Meaning: solicit votes from (electors or members
Synonym: campaign, electioneer, solicit votes
Antonym: conceal, deny
Sentence: "in each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters"
7.Capacious
Meaning: having a lot of space inside; roomy.
Synonym: roomy, commodious, spacious,
Antonym: cramped, small
Sentence: "she rummaged in her capacious handbag"
8.Chivalrous
Meaning: (of a man or his behaviour) courteous and gallant, especially towards women.
Synonym: honourable, respectful, thoughtful, considerate, protective,
Antonym: rude, boorish, unmannerly
Sentence: "teachers may be more chivalrous towards girls"
9.Circumlocution
Meaning: the use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive.
Synonym: periphrasis, circuitousness
Antonym: conciseness, directness, straightforwardness,
Sentence: "his admission came after years of circumlocution"
10.chide
Meaning: scold or rebuke.
Synonym: scold, chastise, upbraid, berate, castigate,
Antonym: praise
Sentence: "she chided him for not replying to her letters
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