VOCABLARY

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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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