1) incumbent (adjective)
Synonyms: official
Meaning: to be someone’s duty or responsibility to do something
Sentence: It was incumbent on the BCCI to maintain the reputation of the game, the judge said and warned the board that cricket lovers might not give quietus to such irregularities.
2) quietus (noun)
Synonyms: death - decease - end
Meaning: an end to something, usually something unpleasant
3) inculcate (verb)
Synonyms: implant - instill - instil - impress - infuse
Meaning: to fix an idea or belief firmly in someone’s mind, especially by repeating it often
Sentence: The visitors wished to inculcate in their students the Indian practice of students doing work on their own.
4) plummet (verb)
Synonyms: crash - nosedive
Meaning: if something such as an amount, rate, or value plummets, it suddenly becomes much lower
Sentence: The private suppliers have doubled their rates due to the plummeting water level in Krishnaraja dam and the non availability of water in the balancing reservoir
5) flout (verb)
Synonyms: mock - scoff - jeer - deride - gibe - scorn - taunt
Meaning: to deliberately refuse to obey a rule or custom
Sentence: Unless there is no casualty no one cares if the rules are flouted.
6) precarious (adjective)
Synonyms: uncertain - insecure - dubious - doubtful - unsafe
Meaning: not safe or likely to fall
Sentence: The transformer outside the building does not have a fence and some wires hang precariously from the transformer.
7) paucity (noun)
Synonyms: scarcity - shortage - dearth - lack - want - deficiency
Meaning: a small amount of something that is not enough
Sentence: The fences are either pulled down or not even installed for paucity of space.
8) convene (verb)
Synonyms: assemble - convoke - summon - muster - meet - call
Meaning: to arrange a formal meeting, or to gather for a meeting
Sentence: Chief Minister has convened the meeting in Delhi.
9) mire
(adjective) Synonyms: mud - ooze - slough - sludge - morass - bog - slime
Meaning: an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from
Sentence: The bank mired in controversy over financial irregularities.
10) kith and kin (noun)
Synonyms: both friends and relatives
Sentence: Chinese premier Li Keqiang met the kith and kin of legendary Indian physican Dwarkanath Shantaram Kotnis.
Reference: The Hindu Newspaper - 22 May
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