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6 Skeptical (adjective)

उलझन में

Skeptical meaning

Having doubts that a claim or statement is true or that something will happen

Synonyms: Incredulous, Doubting, Disbelieving, Distrustful

Antonyms: Believing, Credulous, Trusting, Gullible

Example: I am skeptical about his chances of winning.

7 Lingering (adjective)

देर तक टिकना

Lingering meaning

Slow to end or disappear.

Synonyms: Slow, prolonged, Sluggish, Persistent

Antonyms: Quick, Indefinite, Fast, Promptitude

Example: It’s a painful and lingering death.

8 Endorse (verb)

समर्थन करना

Endorse meaning

To say publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action

Synonyms: Support, Approve, Confirm, Sanction

Antonyms: Oppose, Disapprove, Criticize, Renounce

Example: I fully endorse their opinion.

9 Juxtapose (verb)

एक साथ रखना

Juxtapose meaning

to put people or things together, especially in order to show a contrast or a new relationship between them

Synonyms: Apposition, Comparison, Collation, Proximity

Antonyms: Distance, Remote, Disparate

Example: In the exhibition, abstract paintings are juxtaposed with shocking photographs.

10 Critique (noun)

आलोचना

Critique meaning

a piece of written criticism of a set of ideas, a work of art, etc.

Synonyms: Review, Criticism, Notice, Analysis

Antonyms: Compliment, Praise, Accolade, Glory

Example: She wrote a feminist critique of Freud's theories.

11 Consonance (noun)

साफ-सुथरा कर चमकाना

Consonance meaning

Agreement.

Synonyms: Accord, Harmony, Congruence, Congruity

Antonyms: Disagreement, Incongruity, Disunity, Incompatibility

Example: A policy that is popular because of its consonance with traditional party doctrine.

12 Spawn (verb)

परिणाम

Spawn meaning

To cause something to develop or be produced.

Synonyms: Issued, Initiated, Produced, Engendered

Antonyms: Destroyed, Damaged, Killed, Ruined

Example: The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.

13 Enactment (noun)

अधिनियमित करना

Enactment meaning

The process of a law becoming official; a law which has been made official.

Synonyms: Slow, Prolonged, Sluggish, Persistent

Antonyms: Hindrance, Veto, Failure, Stop

Example: The enactment of environmental legislation.

14 Toehold (noun)

टोहोल्ड

Toehold meaning

A position in a place or an activity that you hope will lead to more power or success.

Synonyms: Hold, Support, Grasp, Perch

Antonyms: Failure, Defeat, Downgrade

Example: The firm is anxious to gain a toehold in Europe.

15 Facade (noun)

दिखावा

Facade meaning

The way that somebody/something appears to be, which is different from the way somebody/something really is.

Synonyms: Face, Show, Mask, Veneer

Antonyms: Truth, Real, Genuine

Example: She managed to maintain a facade of indifference.

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