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6 Stagnated (verb)

ठहरे हुए हैं

Stagnated meaning

to stop developing or making progress

Synonyms: Languish, vegetated, Decline, hibernated

Antonyms: endeavoured, done a great deal, driven oneself, applied oneself

Example: The market stagnated over the period considered.

7 Pioneer (noun)

मार्ग-निर्माता

Pioneer meaning

a person who is the first to study and develop a particular area of knowledge, culture, etc. that other people then continue to develop

Synonyms: Initiate, Explorer, Trailblazer, innovator

Antonyms: Indigenous, last, emigrant, inheritor

Example: Our father was a pioneer in livestock production.

8 Deprivations (noun)

अभाव

Deprivations meaning

the fact of not having something that you need, like enough food, money or a home; the process that causes this

Synonyms: Privations, Forfeitures, Hardship, wants

Antonyms: perk, provisions, abundances, aliments

Example: They are suffering the same deprivations as the demonstrators.

9 Perpetuate (verb)

बनाए रखने

Perpetuate meaning

to make something such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time

Synonyms: Preserve, Sustain, Continue, maintain

Antonyms: Cancel, cut short, prevent, take a rest

Example: Most species have a primal instinct to perpetuate themselves.

10 Modicum (noun)

कण

Modicum meaning

a fairly small amount, especially of something good or pleasant

Synonyms: Speck, Dash, Particle, smidgen

Antonyms: Abundance, lot, much money, surplus

Example: His statement had a modicum of truth.

11 Disengagement (noun)

छुटकारा

Disengagement meaning

the act of stopping fighting and moving away

Synonyms: Detachment, Fallback, Separation, disconnection

Antonyms: Juxtaposition, connectivity, engagement, assoc.

Example: His disengagement from the provisional government.

12 Withdrawal (noun)

प्रत्याहरण

Withdrawal meaning

the act of moving or taking something away or back

Synonyms: Retreat, Removal, Departure, exit

Antonyms: Arrival, Entrance, Mandate, advent

Example: Drug withdrawal is everything you've ever heard.

13 Undertaken (verb)

किया गया

Undertaken meaning

to make yourself responsible for something and start doing it

Synonyms: Initiated, Started, Undertook, commenced

Antonyms: Basked, batted about, batted around, bludged

Example: Cooking and laundry were undertaken by domestic staff.

14 Populous (adjective)

जनाकीर्ण

Populous meaning

where a large number of people live

Synonyms: Crowded, Populated, heavily populated, jammed

Antonyms: Deserted, Empty, lonely, uninhabited

Example: No city in Europe is so populous as Tokyo.

15 Inevitably (adverb)

अवश्य

Inevitably meaning

as is certain to happen

Synonyms: Necessarily, Unavoidably, Inescapably, needs

Antonyms: Avoidably, Conversely, Dimly, hardly ever

Example: Global outcomes inevitably require multilateral approaches.

16 Recurrence (noun)

पुनरावृत्ति

Recurrence meaning

it happens again

Synonyms: Repetition, Return, Relapse, repeat

Antonyms: Disappearance, loss, dissipation, sequence

Example: Primary endpoint was the recurrence of ulcer complications.

17 Ingresses (noun)

प्रवेश करता है

Ingresses meaning

the act of entering a place

Synonyms: Entrances, drive-ins, accesses, passageways

Antonyms: Abandon, departs, deserts, erases

Example: Two doorways, one on each of the faces which looked into the enclosure, offered ingress.

18 Deployments (noun)

परिनियोजन

Deployments meaning

the act of moving soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action

Synonyms: Deployment, dispositions, spreads, arraying

Antonyms: Disorder, disorganization, disregard, enmity

Example: I need you to cross-reference our deployments with Homeland.

19 Patrolling (verb)

गश्त

Patrolling meaning

to go around an area or a building at regular times to check that it is safe and that there is no trouble

Synonyms: Guard, policing, keep guard, keep watch

Antonyms: Attack, be loud and noisy, behave wildly, burglar

Example: Most men are patrolling in town to prevent any looting.

20 Contravention (noun)

उल्लंघन

Contravention meaning

the fact of doing something that is not allowed by a law or rule

Synonyms: Breach, Violation, Infringement, infraction

Antonyms: Obedience, conformity, observance, accuracy

Example: A contravention of this provision is punishable.

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