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Vestige (noun)

Meaning: A small part or amount of something that remains when most of it no longer exists. अवशेष

Synonyms: Remainder, Remnant, Relic, Trace, Leftover

Antonyms: Whole, All

Example: These old buildings are the last vestiges of a colonial past.

Destitute (adjective)

Meaning: Without money, food, a home, or possessions. बेसहारा; दीन

Synonyms: Poor, Penniless, Indigent, Pauperized, Impoverished

Antonyms: Wealthy, Opulent, Prosperous, Oofy

Example: The floods left thousands of people destitute.

Euphemistically (adverb)

Meaning: In a way that avoids saying an unpleasant or offensive word by using a different word or phrase. शिष्ट भाषा में

Synonyms: Inoffensively, Genteelly, Decorously, Obliquely

Antonyms: Rudely, Abusively, Impolitely, Bluntly

Example: The prison is euphemistically called a “rehabilitation centre”.

Herald (verb)

Meaning: Be a sign that (something) is about to happen. सूचना देना

Synonyms: Indicate, Presage, Augur, Portend, Foreshadow

Antonyms: Hide, Hush, Cover Up

Example: Flashing blue lights heralded the arrival of the police.

Impute (verb)

Meaning: Represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone. मढ़ना

Synonyms: Attribute, Ascribe, Accredit, Lay On

Example: The police impute the rise in crime to high unemployment.

Abject (adjective)

Meaning: (of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degrading. दयनीय, निरानंद

Synonyms: Miserable, Pathetic, Pitiable, Wretched

Antonyms: Fortunate, Providential, Beneficial, Propitious

Example: They live in abject poverty.

Bereft (adjective)

Meaning: Not having something or feeling great loss वंचित

Synonyms: Lacking, Deprived Of, Stripped Of, Devoid Of

Antonyms: Full, Loaded, Replete, Abounding

Example: Alone now and almost penniless, she was bereft of hope.

Pernicious (adjective)

Meaning: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. हानिकारक

Synonyms: Harmful, Noxious, Pestilent, Deleterious

Antonyms: Innocuous, Wholesome, Benign, Salubrious

Example: Smoking is pernicious.

Submerge (verb)

Meaning: Completely cover or obscure. छिपाना

Synonyms: Hide, Veil, Cloak, Suppress, Conceal

Antonyms: Reveal, Divulge, Disclose, Expose

Example: She has submerged her identity in the role of photographer's wife and muse.

Nomadic (adjective)

Meaning: moving from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time. घुमंतू, खानाबदोश

Synonyms: Itinerant, Vagrant, Vagabond, Roaming, Roving,

Antonyms: Settled, Stationary, Resident, Static

Example: Nomadic tribes wander these deserts.