1) perennial (adjective)
Synonyms: perpetual - everlasting - eternal - permanent
Meaning: always existing, or never seeming to change
Sentence: For people living on the outskirts of city the scarcity of water has been a perennial problem.
2) adjudicate (verb)
Synonyms: adjudge - judge - award - decide
Meaning: to make an official decision about a problem or disagreement
Sentence: The US consulates in India adjudicate nearly 7 lakh visas per year.
3) burgeoning (adjective)
Synonyms: bud - sprout - germinate
Meaning: growing or developing quickly
Sentence: Census 2011 for Karnataka has some good news and bad tidings, especially for a burgeoning urban Bangalore.
4) interred (verb)
Synonyms: bury - entomb - inhume - inearth
Meaning: to bury a dead person
Sentence: After IPL spot-fixing debacle the credibility of the game is getting interred beneath the skeletons that have tumbled out of the IPL's cupboard.
5) encomium (verb)
Synonyms: eulogy - praise - panegyric - commendation
Meaning: a speech or piece of writing in which you express strong approval or admiration for someone or something
Sentence: Everyone in the BJP showered encomiums upon encomiums on Mr. Modi and instantly indicated that he could be the party's prime ministerial candidate.
6) subvert (verb)
Synonyms: overthrow - overturn - demolish - undermine
Meaning: to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics etc
Sentence: The course the Jessica Lal murder case took was a reminder that justice could be subverted by the rich and the powerful, no matter what the evidence.
Reference: The Hindu Newspaper - 24 May
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