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Today’s article title is: Students to have new curriculum in 2022, framework to be developed: PM Modi
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ALLEVIATE
Verb
Pronunciation: uh-lee-vee-eyt
Meaning: to make more bearable or less severe
Synonyms: allay, assuage, ease, help, mitigate, mollify, palliate, relieve, soothe
Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate
Usage: This will alleviate your pain
Forms: Alleviation (noun)
DOMINATE
Verb
Pronunciation: dom-uh-neyt
Meaning: to bring under one’s control
Synonyms: conquer, overpower, pacify, subdue, subject, subjugate, subordinate, vanquish
Antonyms: liberate, follow, obey
Usage: Nobody wants to talk to him because he always seeks to dominate the conversation
Forms: Dominance (noun), Dominant (adjective)
THRUST
Verb
Pronunciation: thruhst
Meaning: to move or extend upward, often forcibly
Synonyms: arise, ascend, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn
Antonyms: decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge
Usage: He thrust his hand upwards
Forms: Thrust (noun)
CEASELESS
Adjective
Pronunciation: sees-lis
Meaning: going on and on without any interruptions
Synonyms: continuous, incessant, nonstop, perpetual, running, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting
Antonyms: discontinuous
Usage: The rainfall has been ceaseless this week
INEFFABLE
Adjective
Pronunciation: in-ef-uh-buhl
Meaning: beyond the power to describe
Synonyms: incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable
Antonyms: communicable, definable, expressible, speakable
Usage: The sunset here is a scene of ineffable beauty
