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Today’s article title is: Elon Musk is going to have a hard time finding an important lifeline for Tesla
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Important words and idioms from the article
CLINCH
Verb
Pronunciation: klinch
Meaning: to make final, definite, or beyond dispute
Synonyms: decide, determine, nail, settle
Antonyms: confuse, muddle, muddy, unsettle
Usage: This decision will clinch matters finally
CRAM
Verb
Pronunciation: kram
Meaning: to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
Synonyms: crowd, crush, jam, ram, sandwich, shoehorn, squeeze, stuff, wedge
Antonyms: clear, empty, evacuate, vacate, void
Usage: He can cram as many as six cookies in his mouth at one time
RUPTURE
Verb
Pronunciation: ruhp-cher
Meaning: to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent way
Synonyms: blow, break, cleave, split
Antonyms: assemble, recombine, combine
Usage: The balloon will rupture if there is too much air in it
Forms: Rupture (noun), Ruptured (adjective)
SOUGHT
Verb
Pronunciation: sawt
Meaning: to make an effort to do/to search for
Synonyms: assayed, attempted, endeavored, strove, tried
Antonyms: dropped, gave up, quit, ignored, neglected
Usage: She sought to win, but could not.
Forms: Seek (present tense)
COMPOUNDING
Verb
Pronunciation: kuhm-pound-ing
Meaning: to make greater in size, amount, or number/ to make bigger in scale
Synonyms: building up, enlarging, escalating, expanding, hyping
Antonyms: abating, decreasing, de-escalating, diminishing
Usage: Use of private cars has an effect of further compounding the problem of pollution
