grumble
object
protest
resent
completion (n)
end
finish
conciliation (n)
good offices
peace move
talks
truce
confront (vb)
face
congratulate (vb)
commend
praise
conjecture (n)
guess
consider (vb)
discuss
look at
report on
study
consolidate (vb)
cement
combine
fuse
mix
unify
unite
weld
construct (vb)
build
form
make
put up
continue (vb)
go on
persist
remain
run
stay
contradict (vb)
deny
disown
dispute
dissent
reject
refute
contradiction (n)
denial
rebuff
rejection
contribution (n)
award
donation
gift
grant
present
co-operate (vb)
combine
help
join with
side with
criticise (vb)
abuse
censure
challenge
chide
condemn
decry
deplore
flay
rail at
rap
slap
slam
criticism (n)
blow
censure
rebuke
rebuff
D
damage (vb)
harm
hit
hurt
ruin
spoil
wreck
defector (n)
rebel
refugee
runaway
deflate (vb)
contract
crush
cut
pinch
squeeze
deflation (n)
cut
squeeze
demonstrate (vb)
march
parade
protest
riot
sit-in
demonstration (n)
demo
march
parade
protest
riot
row
scene
showdown
sitdown
sit-in
denomination (n)
name
religion
school
department (n)
civil service
ministry
office
deprecate (n)
attack
belittle
discount
discredit
knock
run down
description (n)
account
story
tale
designate (vb)
appoint
name
select
destruction (n)
damage
havoc
ruin
waste
wreck
determine (vb)
agree
find out
fix
disagree (vb)
argue
differ
fall out
disagreement (n)
battle
clash
conflict
dispute
fight
fracas
quarrel
rift
row
rumpus
wrangle
disapprove (vb)
ban
bar
block
deny
disallow
reject
say no to
throw out
turn down
discriminate (vb)
bar
block
favour
penalise
screen
segregate
discrimination (n)
bias
favouritism
injustice
leaning
prejudice
discriminatory (adj)
biased
partial
undue
unequal
unfair
unjust
dissolve (vb)
end
distribute (vb)
deal
dispense
give
issue
scatter
distribution (n)
dispense
issue
supply
domestic appliances (n)
devices
gadgets
E
earthquake (n)
’quake
shake
tremor
emergency (n)
aid call
crash
crisis team
disaster
SOS
employment (n)
job
work
endorsement (n)
acclaim
approval
backing
sanction
support
endowment (n)
donation
gift
legacy
offer
enfranchise (vb)
give vote to
liberate
set free
enjoyment (n)
delight
glee
joy
pleasure
entertainment (n)
fair
feast
fun
show
equivocate (vb)
delay
dodge
evade
shuffle
essential (adj)
key
main
must
necessary
needed
establish (vb)
fix
prove
secure
settle
estimate (vb)
conjecture
fix price
guess
judge
value
every (adj)
all
each
exacerbate (vb)
irritate
vex
exaggerate (vb)
amplify
blow up
enlarge
increase
magnify
overstate
swell
examine (vb)
inspect
look at
question
quiz
search
study
view
watch
examination (n)
inquiry
probe
quest
scrutiny
study
trial
exemption (n)
exception
immunity
exhibit (vb)
display
show
exonerate (vb)
absolve
acquit
clear
free
uphold
expedite (vb)
ease
hasten
help
hurry
press
rush
speed
urge
ex
planation (n)
account
answer
comment
reply
tale
version
explosion (n)
blast
shock
spasm
F
fabrication (n)
falsehood
lie
tale
untruth
facilitate (vb)
advance
ease
expedite
impel
relieve
smooth
fallacious (adj)
false
untrue
wrong
fashionable (adj)
cool
stylish
trendy
foundation (n)
base
basis
beginning
charity
fraternise (vb)
befriend
help
mix with
side with
fundamental (adj)
basic
primary
G
govern (vb)
command
control
direct
manage
rule
run
government (n)
Britain (or nation where paper published)
Cabinet (if Cabinet involved)
country
minister’s name is often aptest
ministry
nation
state
Whitehall
White House
(For provincial and state papers in federal country, the capital: London/Washington/Canberra/Delhi etc.)
grievance (n)
grouse
grudge
hardship
injury
injustice
wrong
guarantee
(nouns)
bond
mortgage
pledge
surety
(verbs)
endorse
go bail
insure
pledge
secure
support
sponsor
warrant
guillotine (vb)
chop
cut off
gag
silence
H
hallucination (n)
delusion
dream
illusion
mirage
harmonisation (n)
accord
bargain
compact
pact
peace
truce
harmonise (vb)
accord
agree
conciliate
heal
pacify
patch
settle
smooth
hazardous (adj)
bold
perilous
risky
unsafe
I
illegitimate (adj)
illegal
illicit
unlawful
wrong
illimitable (adj)
boundless
immense
infinite
no-limit
illustrate (vb)
explain
picture
reveal
show
immaterial (adj)
flimsy
thin
trifling
imminent (adj)
near
soon
important (adj)
big
grave
great
high
key
notable
prime
serious
signal
top
vital
weighty
improve (vb)
amend
better
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