Example: This development comes within a few weeks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicating stringent measures against those involved in money laundering — including through shell companies — following demonetisation, and asking the ICAI to hasten action against CAs “helping tax evaders.”
1. Stringent [strin-juh nt]
Adjective: rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe; compelling, constraining, or urgent; convincing or forcible; (of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.
Synonyms: binding, demanding, draconian, exacting, forceful, harsh, inflexible, ironclad, rigorous, severe, stiff, strict, tough, acrimonious, brick-wall, by the book, by the numbers, compelling, confining.
Antonyms: amenable, calm, easy, easy-going, facile, flexible.
2. Launder [lawn-der, lahn-]
Verb: to wash (clothes, linens, etc.); to wash and iron (clothes); to disguise the source of (illegal or secret funds or profits), usually by transmittal through a foreign bank or a complex network of intermediaries.
Synonyms: clean, cleanse.
3. Hasten [hey-suh n]
Verb: to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry; to cause to hasten; accelerate.
Synonyms: accelerate, expedite, precipitate, quicken, step up, urge, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip, dash, dispatch.
Antonyms: check, decelerate, halt, hinder, retard.
4. Evade [ih-veyd]
Verb: to escape from by trickery or cleverness; to get around by trickery; to avoid doing or fulfilling.
Related forms: evader, noun.
Synonyms: debtor, defaulter, felon, hoodlum, juvenile delinquent, lawbreaker, offender, wrongdoer, behind.
Example: The unusual project coaxes people to “not judge a book by its cover” and instead initiate conversations.
3. Coax [kohks]
Verb: to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole; to obtain by coaxing; to manipulate to a desired end by adroit handling or persistent effort; to use gentle persuasion.
Synonyms: cajole, entice, induce, tease, tempt, wheedle, allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney.
Antonyms: discourage, repel, repulse, turn off, disenchant.
Example: The stories narrated give readers a new perspective and broaden their horizons.
4. Horizon [huh-rahy-zuh n]
Noun: the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky; the limit or range of perception, knowledge, or the like.
Synonyms: boundary, perspective, prospect, scope, border, compass, ken, limit, purview.
Example: Nonetheless, two aspects merit close scrutiny: the potential for abuse, and the underlying premise that a generic anti-lynching law could address India’s lynching problem.
5. Premise [prem-is]
Noun: Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion; a tract of land including its buildings; a building together with its grounds or other appurtenances; the property forming the subject of a conveyance or bequest.
Verb: to set forth beforehand, as by way of introduction or explanation; to assume, either explicitly or implicitly, (a proposition) as a premise for a conclusion.
Antonyms: denial, reality, rejection, fact.
6. Generic [juh-ner-ik]
Adjective: of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general; of, relating to, or noting a genus, especially in biology; (of a word) applicable or referring to both men and women.
Noun: a generic term; any product, as a type of food, drug, or cosmetic commonly marketed under a brand name, that is sold in a package without a brand.
Synonyms: universal, blanket, collective, comprehensive, sweeping, all-encompassing, inclusive, nonexclusive.
Antonyms: exclusive, individual, particular, specific.
7. Lynch [linch]
Verb: to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
Synonyms: execution, capital punishment, mob justice, stringing up, the gallows, vigilante justice.
Example: He comes here often to catch a glimpse of the placid waters of the canal as he strikes up conversations near a vantage point close to the British-era lock with fishermen, who wait eagerly, their ears trained for familiar sounds of splashing in the nets — the sign of a good catch.
8. Glimpse [glimps]
Noun: a very brief, passing look, sight, or view; a momentary or slight appearance; a vague idea; inkling; Archaic. a gleam, as of light.
Verb: to catch or take a glimpse of; to look briefly; glance (usually followed by at); Archaic. to come into view; appear faintly.
Synonyms: flash, glance, impression, peek, sight, sighting, eye, eyeball, gander, glom, gun, lamp.
Antonym: stare.
9. Placid [plas-id]
Adjective: pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed.
Synonyms: easygoing, even-tempered, gentle, peaceful, quiet, serene, tranquil, collected, composed, cool, cool as a cucumber, detached.
Antonyms: agitated, clamorous, disturbed, excited, loud.
10. Vantage [van-tij, vahn-]
Noun: a position, condition, or place affording some advantage or a commanding view; an advantage or superiority.
Synonyms: aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, drop, edge, eminence.
Antonyms: bad fortune, bad luck, block, blockage.
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