Saturday, November 17, 2001
W O R D  P O W E R


Constraint
(kon-straynt) — tight control or strong pressure.

Synonyms — restraint, limitation

— The villagers attended the literary classes without any constraint.

Delude (di-lewd, di-lood) — to mislead someone deliberately.

Synonyms — beguile, cheat, deceive, dupe, mislead.

— You should not be deluded by his empty promises.

Emaciated (i may-si-aytid) — thin and weak.

Synonyms — atrophied, gaunt, haggard, lean, wasted, undernourished

— She looks very emaciated after her prolonged illness.

Sedition (si-dish’n) — words or actions intended to make people oppose the authority of the state.

Synonyms — agitation, subversion, treason.

— The court has charged him with sedition.

Incumbent (in-kum’bunt) — necessary as part of somebody’s duty.

Synonyms — binding, compulsory, mandatory, necessary, obligatory.

It is incumbent upon all members of the crew to familiarise themselves with life-saving equipment.

Oust (o wst) — to remove somebody from a job or a position of power.

Synonyms — depose, disinherit, dislodge, turn out.

Sanjay Misra has been ousted as Chairman and Rajiv Khanna will be taking over soon.

 


Discover

From the jumbled words find the synonyms of the word ‘oust’

Sesodpsiss

Jeect

Vitec

Peexl

Eptopl

Eunsat

Ldasipce

Looking back

The Ivory Gate, in the mythology of Greece and Rome is the gate of sleep. Through this gate false dreams are believed to be sent to the lower world.

Ponder

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how

Nietzsche

Score card

Dispossess, eject, evict, expel, topple, unseat, displace.

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