1. PROTRACTED (ADJECTIVE): long (दीर्घ)
Synonyms: enduring, sustained
Antonyms: nadir, bottom
Example Sentence:
It was a protracted and bitter dispute.
2. BOLSTER (VERB): aid (मदद करना)
Synonyms: help, buoy
Antonyms: discourage, hinder
Example Sentence:
Most of them were sitting on the floor which was strewn with cushions, bolsters, and rugs.
3. PERPETUATE (VERB): keep going (स्थिर रखना)
Synonyms: sustain, maintain
Antonyms: discontinue, cease
Example Sentence:
The confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence.
4. GAMBIT (NOUN): plan (चाल)
Synonyms: plot, trick
Antonyms: honesty, frankness
Example Sentence:
Andrew’s resignation was a tactical gambit.
5. PORTEND (VERB): predict (पूर्वाभास या पूर्वसूचना देना)
Synonyms: presage, foretell
Antonyms: calculate, measure
Example Sentence:
The eclipses portend some major events.
6. CANDOR (NOUN): directness (स्पष्टवादिता)
Synonyms: frankness, outspokenness
Antonyms: artifice, guile
Example Sentence:
He is the man with refreshing candor.
7. BLOVIATE (VERB): shout (चीखना)
Synonyms: bellow, cry
Antonyms: be quiet, be silent
Example Sentence:
She bloviated out of frustration.
8. POSIT (VERB): suppose (आधार तत्व मान लेना)
Synonyms: assume, consider
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Example Sentence:
The plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior.
9. TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): weak (हल्का)
Synonyms: fragile, shaky
Antonyms: heavy, strong
Example Sentence:
There was a tenuous link between interest rates and investment.
10. HITHERTO (ADVERB): already (पहले ही)
Synonyms: formerly, long ago
Antonyms: currently, presently
Example Sentence:
Hitherto part of French West Africa, Benin achieved independence in 1960.
