1.COUNTERPART (NOUN): equivalent
Synonyms: peer, fellow
Antonyms: different, dissimilar
Example Sentence:
The Ramallah visit has come just weeks after his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited India
2. SOVEREIGN (NOUN): a ruler
Synonyms: monarch, potentate
Antonyms: dependence, heteronomy
Example Sentence:
We hope that Palestine soon becomes a sovereign and independent country in a peaceful atmosphere.
3. ORIENTATION (NOUN): a person’s basic attitude
Synonyms: assimilation, direction
Antonyms: dis-orientation, mix-up
Example Sentence:
It stood to the east of the latter, and had a different orientation.
4. EQUATE (VERB): consider to be the same
Synonyms: compare, liken
Antonyms: differentiate, discern
Example Sentence:
The system cannot be equated with those of an undisturbed assemblage.
5. ENDOW (VERB): provide with a quality
Synonyms: bless, favour
Antonyms: deplete, strip
Example Sentence:
India is endowed with 16 major forest types.
6. CUMULATIVE (ADJECTIVE): progressive
Synonyms: accretive, additive
Antonyms: decrescent, regressive
Example Sentence:
The ministry report has calculated a cumulative loss forest in Mizoram.
7. INDIGENOUS (ADJECTIVE): Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
Synonyms: aboriginal, domestic
Antonyms: alien, exotic
Example Sentence:
These lands provide the opportunity to bring back diverse and indigenous tree.
8. ABSURDITY (NOUN): being ridiculous
Synonyms: craziness, foolishness
Antonyms: wisdom, seriousness
Example Sentence:
Farm incomes are unattractive for a variety of reasons; the absurdity of policies features among them.
9. WITHER (VERB): decline
Synonyms: shrink, languish
Antonyms: develop, enlarge
Example Sentence:
Intellectuals are withering and self-claimed foolish masters are ruling the world.
10. GLARING (ADJECTIVE): bright
Synonyms: blazing, gaudy
Antonyms: bleak, concealed
Example Sentence:
We can be blinded by the glaring light of the nuclear blast.
