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Example: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday embarked on a six-day, four-nation tour of Germany, Spain, Russia and France.
1. Embark [em-bahrk]
Verb: to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey; to , t an enterprise, business, etc.
Synonyms: commence, enter, launch, board, emplane, entrain, go aboard ship, leave port.
Antonyms: cease, end, finish, stop, disembark, stay.
Example: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Schloss Meseberg on Tuesday, discuss range of bilateral issues, Brexit consequences, trade & radicalisation in context of recent terror attacks in Europe.
2. Bilateral [bahy-lat-er-uh l]
Adjective: pertaining to, involving, or affecting two or both sides, factions, parties, or the like; located on opposite sides of an axis; two-sided, especially when of equal size, value, etc.
Noun: a bilateral agreement, especially regarding international trade.
Synonyms: mutual, reciprocal, respective, two-sided.
Antonyms: multilateral, unilateral.
3. Radicalisation [ˌradɪkəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n]
Noun: the action or process of causing someone to adopt radical positions on political or social issues.
Example: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government would not abide by the recent notification of the Union government imposing restrictions on cattle slaughter.
4. Abide [uh-bahyd]
Verb: to remain; continue; stay; to have one's abode; dwell; reside; to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc.; last.
5. Impose [im-pohz]
Verb: to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.; to put or set by or as if by authority; to obtrude or thrust (oneself, one's company, etc.) upon others.
Synonyms: appoint, charge, demand, enforce, establish, foist, force, inflict, institute, introduce, lay down.
Antonyms: disorder, displace, forget, overlook, prevent, remove, aid.
6. Slaughter [slaw-ter]
Noun: the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food; the brutal or violent killing of a person; the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage.
Synonyms: annihilation, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, destruction, extermination, liquidation.
Antonym: birth.
Example: The competing banks jostle to get new customers.
7. Jostle [jos-uh l]
Verb: to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely; to drive or force by, or as if by, pushing or shoving; to exist in close contact or proximity with.
Noun: a shock, push, bump, or brush against someone or something.
Synonyms: hustle, scramble, shove, bulldoze, butt, crash, crowd, elbow, jab, jog, joggle, jolt.
Antonyms: leave alone, pull, repress.
Example: Ajay Meetai, son of the Chief Minister, was awarded a five-year jail term for culpablehomicide for firing at Roger and causing his death.
8. Culpable [kuhl-puh-buh l]
Adjective: deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
Synonyms: guilty, impeachable, liable, reprehensible, responsible, amiss, answerable, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy.
Antonyms: immune, irresponsible, blameless, inculpable, innocent, not guilty.
9. Homicide [hom-uh-sahyd, hoh-muh-]
Noun: the killing of one human being by another; a person who kills another; murderer.
Synonyms: assassination, crime, foul play, manslaughter, murder, slaying, bloodshed, butchery, carnage.
Antonym: birth.
Example: The odds are so stacked against the parents.
10. Stack [stak]
Noun: a more or less orderly pile or heap.
Verb: to pile, arrange, or place in a stack.
Synonyms: bundle, heap, mountain, pyramid, sheaf, assemble.
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