1.TINGE (verb)
Meaning: color slightly.
Synonyms: dye, stain, shade, suffuse. Antonyms: decolorize, whiten, blanch, bleach.
Usage: The sky had become a dark shade of indigo, tinged with the remnants of deep magenta.
Meaning: color slightly.
Synonyms: dye, stain, shade, suffuse. Antonyms: decolorize, whiten, blanch, bleach.
Usage: The sky had become a dark shade of indigo, tinged with the remnants of deep magenta.
2. CONTENTIOUS (adjective)
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Synonyms: disputable, debatable, moot, vexed.
Antonyms: agreeable, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceful.
Usage: This last piece of evidence is particularly contentious and likely to feature prominently in the appeal.
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Synonyms: disputable, debatable, moot, vexed.
Antonyms: agreeable, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceful.
Usage: This last piece of evidence is particularly contentious and likely to feature prominently in the appeal.
3. ABIDING (adjective)
Meaning: (of a feeling or memory) lasting a long time; enduring.
Synonyms: persisting, long-lasting, everlasting, perpetual.
Antonyms: short-lived, ephemeral, transitory, transient.
Usage: The abiding interest in Korner is patriotic and political rather than literary.
Meaning: (of a feeling or memory) lasting a long time; enduring.
Synonyms: persisting, long-lasting, everlasting, perpetual.
Antonyms: short-lived, ephemeral, transitory, transient.
Usage: The abiding interest in Korner is patriotic and political rather than literary.
4. IMPLICITLY (adverb)
Meaning: in a way that is not directly expressed; tacitly.
Synonyms: absolutely, totally, utterly, unconditionally.
Antonyms: bluntly, explicitly, openly, clearly.
Usage: She implicitly suggested that he was responsible for the error.
Meaning: in a way that is not directly expressed; tacitly.
Synonyms: absolutely, totally, utterly, unconditionally.
Antonyms: bluntly, explicitly, openly, clearly.
Usage: She implicitly suggested that he was responsible for the error.
5. STRIVE (verb)
Meaning: make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
Synonyms: labour, toil, strain, struggle
Antonyms: quit, dally, laze, fribble
Usage: Any community that meets resistance always strives harder to prove its worth and value to society.
Meaning: make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
Synonyms: labour, toil, strain, struggle
Antonyms: quit, dally, laze, fribble
Usage: Any community that meets resistance always strives harder to prove its worth and value to society.
