VOCABLARY
1. INEQUITY (NOUN): unfairness
Synonyms: injustice, partiality
Antonyms: equity, fairness
Example Sentence:
We are not doing inequity with the employees.
2. DEVASTATING (ADJECTIVE): highly destructive or damaging
Synonyms: calamitous, disastrous
Antonyms: blessed, fortunate
Example Sentence:
The devastating effects of these civil wars were most disastrous to the trade.
3. EXPLOITATION (NOUN): misuse
Synonyms: ill-treatment, wringing
Antonyms: hospitable, generous
Example Sentence:
It was an exploitation of the patented invention.
4. RENEGE (VERB): go back on a promise
Synonyms: reverse, welsh
Antonyms: correction, accuracy
Example Sentence:
People have reneged on a core promise laid out in the preamble of the constitution.
5. STIGMATISE (VERB): disgrace
Synonyms: defame, denounce
Antonyms: exalt, praise
Example Sentence:
This action will stigmatise a set of citizens for their poverty.
6. REPLETE (ADJECTIVE): filled or well supplied with something
Synonyms: awash, rife
Antonyms: empty, unfilled
Example Sentence:
History is replete with odious instances of countries that have differentiated between citizens in the past.
7. THRIVE (VERB): prosper
Synonyms: flourish, bloom
Antonyms: cease, decrease
Example Sentence:
It appears to believe that English can’t thrive as long as French survives.
8. MAGNANIMOUS (ADJECTIVE): generous
Synonyms: altruistic, charitable
Antonyms: mean, selfish
Example Sentence:
The panel is more magnanimous than Article 120(2).
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