Example/उदाहरण: They are the advance party to quell dissent, manufacture consent, set the agenda, drum up support, and spread fear, venom, hatred and bigotry — sometimes through sheer silence.
1. Quell [kwel]-वश में करना
Verb/क्रिया: to suppress; put an end to; extinguish; to vanquish; subdue; to quiet or allay (emotions, anxieties, etc.).
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: annihilate, conquer, crush, extinguish, overcome, put down, quench.
Antonyms/विलोम: build up, compliment, encourage, help, lose, praise, release.
2. Dissent [dih-sent]-मतभेद
Verb/क्रिया: to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from); to disagree with the methods, goals, etc., of a political party or government; take an opposing view.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: discord, dissension, disunity, objection, opposition, protest, resistance, schism, strife.
Antonyms/विलोम: acceptance, agreement, approval, concurrence, harmony, peace, accord.
3. Agenda [uh-jen-duh]-कार्यसूची/एजेंडा
Noun/संज्ञा: a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: calendar, plan, program, schedule, timetable, card, diary, docket.
4. Drum up [druhm-uhp]-किसी को समन के द्वारा बुलाना
Phrasal verb: to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum; to obtain or create (customers, trade, interest, etc.) through vigorous effort; to concoct; devise.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची : canvass, solicit, attract, bid for, discover, obtain.
Antonyms/विलोम: dissuade, repulse, turn off.
5. Bigotry [big-uh-tree]-कट्टरता
Noun/संज्ञा: 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/पर्यायवाची: bias, discrimination, fanaticism, injustice, racism, sexism.
Antonyms/विलोम: fairness, impartiality.
6. Sheer [sheer]-निरा/महीन
Adjective/विशेषण: transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics; unmixed with anything else; unqualified; utter.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: erect, precipitate, arduous, headlong, perpendicular, precipitous.
Antonyms/विलोम: heavy, impermeable, indefinite, moderate, slow, thick, uncertain.
Example/उदाहरण: It would be useful, therefore, to stop deluding ourselves.
7. Delude [dih-lood]-भुलाना/धोखा देना
Verb/क्रिया: to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive; to mock or frustrate the hopes or aims of.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: dupe, hoodwink, misguide, mislead, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat.
Antonyms/विलोम: be honest, be truthful.
Example/उदाहरण: Far from it, it is the culmination of a devious, top-down attempt at co-option and cooperation that failed. Hence, the coercion.
8. Culmination [kuhl-muh-ney-shuh n]-परिणति
Noun/संज्ञा: the act or fact of culminating; that in which anything culminates; the culminating position or stage; highest point; acme.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: apex, climax, completion, pinnacle, acme, apogee, consummation, crown, finale.
Antonyms/विलोम: anticlimax, nadir, base, beginning, bottom, introduction.
9. Devious [dee-vee-uh s]-चालाक
Adjective/विशेषण: departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect; without definite course; vagrant; departing from the proper or accepted way; roundabout.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: calculating, deceitful, duplicitous, fraudulent, insidious, insincere, shrewd.
Antonyms/विलोम: fair, forthrightfrank, honest, naive, open, sincere, artless.
10. Coercion [koh-ur-shuh n]-बलात्कार/ज़बरदस्ती
Noun/संज्ञा: the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance; force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: duress, intimidation, persuasion, bullying, constraint, force, menace, restraint.
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