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Today’s article title is: Railway Board restructuring gets green flag: Vinod Yadav to be first CEO
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SURRENDER
Verb
Pronunciation: suh-ren-der
Meaning: to cease resistance
Synonyms: concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, yield
Antonyms: resist
Usage: They will surrender when they hear about our power
Forms: Surrender (noun)
LEAN
Adjective
Pronunciation: leen
Meaning: thin and healthy/ efficient
Synonyms: trim/ efficient, effective, productive
Antonyms: bulky/ inefficent, fruitless, useless
Usage: They will build a lean organisation
REFORM
Verb
Pronunciation: ri-fawrm
Meaning: to change one’s behavior or character for the better, to correct errors
Synonyms: amend, mend, correct, rectify
Antonyms: backslide, regress, damage, harm, hurt
Usage: He will reform his ways after training
Forms: Reformed (adjective)
UNIFY
Verb
Pronunciation: yoo-nuh-fahy
Meaning: to come together to form a single unit
Synonyms: associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, unite
Antonyms: break up, dissever, part, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink
Usage: They will unify under a single king
Forms: Unification (noun), Unified (adjective)
INFIGHTING
Noun
Pronunciation: in-fahy-ting
Meaning: a lack of agreement or harmony
Synonyms: conflict, discord, discord, schism, strife
Antonyms: accord, agreement, concord, concordance, harmony, peace
Usage: There is a lot of infighting in that tribe
