Example: Far from providing economic policymaking with some intellectual heft and contemporary perspective — a job that the office of the Chief Economic Advisor has perhaps pulled off with more flair in its Economic Survey documents — the NITI Aayog has not come up with very many exciting recommendations.
1. Heft [heft]
Noun: weight; heaviness; significance or importance; Archaic. the bulk or main part.
Verb: to test the weight of by lifting and balancing; to heave; hoist.
Synonyms: bear, bring, ferry, give, haul, hoist, import, lift, lug, move, pack, remove, take, tote, transfer, transmit, backpack, cart, channel, conduct, convey.
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, drop, fix, hold, keep, lower, maintain.
2. Flair [flair]
Noun: a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack; smartness of style, manner, etc.; keen, intuitive perception or discernment.
Synonyms: ability, aptitude, elegance, genius, gift, glamour, knack, mastery, taste, accomplishment, aptness, bent, chic, dash, faculty.
Antonyms: disinclination, inability, lack, stupidity.
Example: NITI Aayog was meant to be a lean, efficient alternative to the flabby, cumbersome , cumbersome Planning Commission.
3. Lean [leen]
Adjective: without much flesh or fat; not plump or fat; thin; (of edible meat) containing little or no fat; lacking in richness, fullness, quantity, etc.; poor; spare; economical.
Synonyms: angular, gangly, gaunt, lanky, rangy, sinewy, skinny, slender, slim, sparse, svelte, wiry.
AntonymsAntonyms: chubby, fat, heavy, plump.
4. Flabby [flab-ee]
Adjective: hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid; having such flesh; lacking strength or determination.
Synonyms: lax, sloppy, drooping, enervated, flaccid, flexuous, floppy, gone to seed, hanging, irresilient, limp, loose, out of condition.
Antonyms: firm, lean, slim, taut, thin, tight.
5. Cumbersome [kuhm-ber-suh m]
AdjectiveAdjective: burdensome; troublesome; unwieldy; clumsy.
Synonyms: bulky, burdensome, embarrassing, heavy, inconvenient, ponderous, tiresome, unwieldy, clunker, clunking, clunky, cumbrous, galumphing, hefty, incommodious.
Antonyms: aiding, airy, convenient, easy.
Example: It is also moot that with banks out of their post-demonetisation liquidity surplus phase, the repo window may be used more actively in the days to come — unless the existing inflows into the capital market once again swell up banks’ kitty.
6. Moot [moot]
Adjective: open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful; of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic; not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.
Verb: to present or introduce (any point, subject, project, etc.) for discussion; to reduce or remove the practical significance of; make purely theoretical or academic.
Noun: an argument or discussion, especially of a hypothetical legal case.
Synonyms: debatable, problematic, unresolved, unsettled, open, suspect, at issue, contestable, controversial.
Antonyms: certain, definite, settle, dsure.
Example: In addition, some banks may pick up the cue laid down by State Bank of India and merely lower their deposit rates to cushion their finances.
7. Cushion [koo sh-uh n]
Noun: a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie; something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like.
Verb: to place on or support by a cushion; to furnish with a cushion or cushions; to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion; to lessen or soften the effects of.
Synonyms: buffer, headrest, mat, beanbag, bolster, bumper, fender, hassock, rest, seat.
Example: 10 dead as tempo falls into gorge.
8. Gorge [gawrj]
Noun: a narrow cleft with steep, rocky walls, especially one through which a stream runs; a small canyon; a gluttonous meal; something that is swallowed; contents of the stomach; an obstructing mass.
Synonyms: canyon, chasm, crevasse, ravine, abyss, arroyo, cleft, clove, fissure, flume, gap, glen, gulch.
Antonyms: closing, closure.
Example: Castles in the air?
9. Castle [kas-uh l, kah-suh l]
Noun: a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times; the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city; a strongly fortified, permanently garrisoned stronghold; a large and stately residence, especially one, with high walls and towers, that imitates the form of a medieval castle; any place providing security and privacy.
Verb: to place or enclose in or as in a castle; to move (the king) in castling.
Synonyms: acropolis, alcazar, citadel, donjon, fastness, fort, fortification, fortress, hold, keep, manor, mansion, palace.
Example: The march was justified by pointing out that science in India is “facing the danger of being eclipsed by a rising wave of unscientific beliefs and religious bigotry” along with reduction of funding to premier scientific institutions.
10. Bigotry [big-uh-tree]
Noun: stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one’s own; the actions, beliefs, prejudices, etc., of a bigot.
Synonyms: bias, discrimination, fanaticism, injustice, racism, sexism, unfairness, dogmatism, narrow-mindedness, partiality, provincialism, racialism.
Antonyms: fairness, impartiality, broad-mindedness, open-mindedness.
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