The job crunch and the growing fires of nativism

Whopping (adjective)

Very big. बहुतबड़ा

Synonyms: Massive, Gigantic, Colossal, Mammoth

Antonyms: Small, Miniscule, Minute, Infinitesimal

Example: You are entitled to a whopping 40% off the recommended retail price.

Dismal (adjective)

Pitifully or disgracefully bad. निराशाजनक

Synonyms: Bad, Dreadful, Awful, Terrible

Antonyms: Hopeful, Great

Example: There is no magic formula to reduce these dismal figures.

Quandary (noun)

A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation. उलझन असमंजस

Synonyms: Dilemma, Predicament, Difficulty, Perplexity

Antonyms: Solution, Boon

Example: He was in a quandary last Wednesday night.

Buoyant (adjective)

(of an economy, business, or market) involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. बहुत फलता-फूलता

Synonyms: Booming, Vigorous, Growing, Developing

Antonyms: Failing, Low

Example: The American economy is amazingly buoyant, amazingly strong.

Ostensibly (adverb)

As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so. प्रकटरूपसे

Synonyms: Seemingly, Apparently, Supposedly, Outwardly, Professedly

Antonyms: Truly, Genuinely, Really, Actually

Example: The party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health.

Woo (verb)

Seek the favour, support, or custom of. समर्थन माँगना

Synonyms: Pursue, Seek the support of, Try to cultivate

Antonyms: Ignore, Discourage

Example: Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.

Paradigm (noun)

A typical example or pattern of something. मिसाल प्रतिमान

Synonyms: Specimen, Exemplar, Illustration, Prototype, Archetype, Epitome

Example: The war was a paradigm of the destructive side of human nature.

Appeasement (noun)

The practice of giving a country what it wants in order to avoid war. मनुहार

Synonyms: Conciliation, Placation, Pacification, Palliation, Pacification

Antonyms: Provocation, Aggravation, Disagreement

Example: This is not a time for political accommodation or popular appeasement.

Salvage (verb)

Retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances. नुक़सान होने से बचाना

Synonyms: Retain, Preserve, Conserve

Antonyms: Harm, Lose

Example: In the last minute of injury time Ireland closed a one-goal deficit with Germany to salvage a draw.

Ominous (adjective)

Suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future. अमंगल

Synonyms: Threatening, Foreboding, Inauspicious, Sinister, Unfavourable, unpromising

Antonyms: Unthreatening, Promising, Propitious, Encouraging

Example: There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.