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1. AFFLICT (VERB): (पीड़ा देना): trouble

Synonyms: bother, burden

Antonyms: comfort

Example Sentence:

His younger child was afflicted with a skin disease.

2. DESPICABLE (ADJECTIVE): (घृणित): contemptible

Synonyms: loathsome, hateful

Antonyms: admirable

Example Sentence:

What she did early on was despicable in our minds.

3. DIVERGENCE (NOUN): (फर्क): difference

Synonyms: dissimilarity, variance

Antonyms: similarity

Example Sentence:

What happened at the end was a fundamental divergence of attitude.

4. SPECULATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (जोखिमी): risky

Synonyms: hazardous, unsafe

Antonyms: safe

Example Sentence:

The bonuses cannot be put at risk due to some speculative investment.

5. EQUANIMITY (NOUN): (समभाव): composure

Synonyms: calmness, calm

Antonyms: anxiety

Example Sentence:

She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity.

6. REBUTTAL (NOUN): (खंडन): denial

Synonyms: refutation, disproving

Antonyms: confirmation

Example Sentence:

Any attempt by me at a rebuttal was met with a yawn.

7. DECREPIT (ADJECTIVE): (जर्जर): dilapidated

Synonyms: rickety, run down

Antonyms: sound

Example Sentence:

It was an entire row of decrepit houses.

8. SULK (VERB): (उदास होना): mope

Synonyms: brood, pout

Antonyms: be cheerful

Example Sentence:

He was sulking over the split of his band.

9. SCOURGE (NOUN): (अभिशाप): bane

Synonyms: curse, affliction

Antonyms: blessing

Example Sentence:

India has the scourge of unemployment.

10. SOUR (VERB): (कटु बना देना): embitter

Synonyms: anger, exasperate

Antonyms: improve

Example Sentence:

A dispute soured relations between the two countries.

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