1. Scrutiny – critical observation or examination.
Synonyms: audit, perusal, surveillance, exploration
Antonyms: glance, cursory look
Usage: We have around 45 crore bank accounts and if 1% of such accounts are picked up for scrutiny, that itself will make 45 lakh cases.
2. Perjure – wilfully tell an untruth or make a misrepresentation under oath
Synonyms: deceive, delude, equivocate, forswear, mislead, prevaricate
Antonyms: prove, certify, attest
Usage: She admitted that she had perjured herself
3. Denouement – the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.
Synonyms: epilogue, culmination, climax, conclusion, resolution
Antonyms: beginning, origin,
Usage: For nearly two weeks now there has been non stop discussion and denouement of one or the other of the two rivals.
4. Embattled – involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces.
Synonyms: crenelated, beset, fortified
Antonyms: plain, unprepared
Usage: The denouement matters immensely to the outcomes in Syria, the future of the embattled European Union.
5. Caveat – a warning of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations.
Synonyms: admonition, monition, condition, stipulation
Antonyms: consonance, carelessness
Usage: Collectors cannot impose caveat on bank officials over property recovery
6. Jettison – to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.
Synonyms: abandon, abdicate, slough, maroon
Antonyms: assert, retain,
Usage: Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea
7. Bellicose – demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
Synonyms: belligerent, hostile, threatening, antagonistic, pugnacious
Antonyms: peaceable, agreeable
Usage: Neither sanctions nor warnings issued by other powers have had any impact on North Korea’s bellicose behaviour.
8. Eclectic – deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.
Synonyms: wide-ranging, wide, broad, extensive, comprehensive
Antonyms: narrow, dogmatic
Usage: Traditional fare will be an eclectic mix from various saints and composers.
9. Torrid – very hot and dry.
Synonyms: sweltering, sultry, scorching, boiling, parching, sizzling
Antonyms: cold, cool, wet
Usage: During these torrid temperatures, it is best we stay indoors and consume lots of fluids.
10. Accusation – a charge or claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong.
Synonyms: allegation, assertion, incrimination, imputation, denouncement
Antonyms: approval, commendation, praise, compliment
Usage: She had wrote a letter in which she said that all the accusations against her are false.