Example: Mr. Singh’s statement drew a sharp rebuttal from National Human Rights Commission Chairperson H.L. Dattu.
1. Rebuttal [ri-buht-l]
Noun: an act of opposing, as in a debate.
Synonyms: rejoinder, reply, answer, confutation, counterargument, countercharge, counterclaim, defense, counteraccusation.
Example: ‘Khas Durbar’ is a symbolic rendition of the practices which were in vogue during the rule of the maharajas.
2. Rendition [ren-dish-uh n]
Noun: the act of rendering; a translation; an interpretation, as of a role or a piece of music; the legal procedure or process of sending a suspected criminal to another country to be interrogated or detained, usually for law-enforcement purposes.
Synonyms: depiction, interpretation, portrayal, presentation, rendering, transcription, translation, version, arrangement, construction, delivery, execution, performance, reading.
Antonyms: failure, obscurity, vagueness.
3. Vogue [vohg]
Noun: something in fashion, as at a particular time; popular currency, acceptance, or favor; popularity.
Synonyms: in, latest, mod, now, rage, faddy, modish, popular, prevalent, state-of-the-art, trendy, up-to-the-minute, with it.
Antonyms: out, unfashionable, unpopular, unstylish.
Example: Frail and doddering, Ma Xunkai fights back tears on meeting Joe Thomas Karackattu, who is equally moved after tracing the descendant of a Malayali family that reportedly settled in South China some 700 years ago.
4. Frail [freyl]
Adjective: having delicate health; not robust; weak; easily broken or destroyed; fragile; morally weak; easily tempted.
Synonyms: decrepit, feeble, fragile, infirm, sickly, slender, slim, thin, vulnerable, brittle, dainty, flimsy, slight, tender, delicate, fishy, fracturable, frangible, insubstantial, puny, sad, shatterable, shattery, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial, wimpy, wishy-washy, wispy.
Antonyms: fat, firm, healthy, hearty.
5. Doddering [dod-er-ing]
Adjective: shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering.
Synonyms: faltering, floundering, tottering, trembling, anile, decrepit, dotard, infirm, senile, shaky, unsteady, weak.
Antonyms: agile, young, youthful.
Example: J&K Minister’s convoy targeted by militants.
6. Convoy [verb kon-voi, kuh n-voi; noun kon-voi]
Verb: to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
Noun: the protection provided by an escort; a ship, fleet, group of vehicles, etc., accompanied by a protecting escort; an armed force, warship, etc., that escorts, especially for protection.
Synonyms: attendance, attendant, companion, protection.
Example: Mr. Trump’s policy envisages more pressure on Pakistan, no early U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, robust military action on counterterrorism and a greater role for India.
7. Envisage [en-viz-ij]
Verb: to contemplate; visualize; to look in the face of; face.
Synonyms: anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see.
Example: Is the Sardar Sarovar Dam boon or bane?
8. Boon [boon]
Noun: something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit; something that is asked; a favor sought.
Synonyms: blessing, godsend, windfall, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, break, compliment, donation, favor, gift, good, grant, gratuity, help, largess, present, good fortune.
Antonyms: bad fortune, bad luck, disadvantage, forfeit.
9. Bane [beyn]
Noun: a person or thing that ruins or spoils; a deadly poison (often used in combination, as in the names of poisonous plants); death; destruction; ruin.
Synonyms: affliction, blight, burden, calamity, curse, despair, destruction, disaster, downfall, misery, nuisance, pest, plague, poison, ruin, ruination, scourge, torment, trial, trouble, undoing, venom, woe.
Antonyms: advantage, aid, benefit, blessing.
Example: Aquifers are omnipresent.
10. Aquifer [ak-wuh-fer]
Noun: any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, especially one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc.
Synonyms: aquifer, water level, artesian basin, artesian spring, sinkhole.
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