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6 Tweaking (noun)

फेरबदल

Tweaking meaning

A fine adjustment to a mechanism or system.

Synonyms: Adjustment, Modification, Alteration

Example: The software is pretty much there - it just needs a little tweaking.

7 Catapult (verb)

फ़ेक देना

Catapult meaning

To throw someone or something with great force.

Synonyms: Throw, Hurl, Fling

Example: She was catapulted out of the car as it hit the wall.

8 Shibboleth (noun)

संकेत-शब्द

Shibboleth meaning

A custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important.

Synonyms: Tradition, Practice, Ritual

Example: He was up at the microphone chanting two of the most sacred lefty shibboleths.’

9 Buoy (verb)

फ़ेक देना

Buoy meaning

Make (someone) cheerful and confident.

Synonyms: Cheer, Comfort, Encourage

Antonyms: Depress, Demoralize

Example: She was buoyed up by his praise.

10 Adept (adjective)

निपुण

Adept meaning

Very skilled or proficient at something.

Synonyms: Expert, Proficient, Talented

Antonyms: Inept, Incompetent

Example: Other countries are more adept at keeping their judges in check.

11 Vehement (adjective)

प्रचण्ड

Vehement meaning

Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

Synonyms: Passionate, Ardent, Fervent, Zealous

Antonyms: Moderate, Impassionate, Moderate

Example: This prompted some vehement criticism from shareholders in May.

12 Whiff (noun)

कश

Whiff meaning

A trace or hint of something bad, menacing, or exciting.

Synonyms: Tinge, Impression, Shadow

Example: There had been a whiff of financial scandal in the past.

13 Threshold (noun)

दहलीज़

Threshold meaning

The level at which something starts to happen.

Synonyms: Starting point, Beginning, Brink

Antonyms: Ending, Close, Completion, Omega

Example: She was on the threshold of a dazzling career.

14 Inexorably (adverb)

अटलता से

Inexorably meaning

In a way that is impossible to stop or prevent.

Synonyms: Relentlessly, Inevitably, Irrevocably

Antonyms: Dubiously, Indefinitely

Example: The conflict was to lead inexorably to the outbreak of World War.

15 Profligacy (noun)

फ़िज़ूलखर्ची

Profligacy meaning

Reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources.

Synonyms: Prodigality, Lavishness, Wastefulness

Antonyms: Frugality, Parsimony

Example: The country needs to borrow to pay for this profligacy.

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