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Chaos

Synonyms : Confusion , Disarangement

Antonyms: Order, Orderlliness

Meaning : a state in which everything is out of order

Etynology : late 14c., "gaping void; empty, immeasurable space," from Old French chaos (14c.) or
directly from Latin chaos, from Greek khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, that which is
vast and empty," from *khnwos, from PIE root *ghieh- "to yawn, gape, be wide open.

Pollution

Synonyms : abuse ,corruption, deterioration, infection

Antonyms: sterility, cleanliness. purification

Meaning : the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.

the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment:

air pollution.

Etynology : mid-14c., "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement"
(late 14c.), from Late Latin pollutionem (nominative pollutio) "defilement," noun of action from
past participle stem of Latin polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate," from por- "before" + -
luere "smear," from PIE root *leu-"dirt; make dirty" (see lutose). Sense of "contamination of
the environment" first recorded c. 1860, but not common until c. 1955.

Citizen

Synonyms : freeman, national, subject

Antonyms: noncitizen

Meaning : a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it

Etynology : c. 1300, citisein (fem. citeseine) "inhabitant of a city or town," from Anglo-
French citesein, citezein"city-dweller, town-dweller, citizen" (Old French citeien, 12c., Modern
French citoyen), from cite (see city) + -ain (see -ian). According to Middle English
Compendium, the -s-/-z- in Anglo-French presumably replaced an earlier *-th-
Joint

Synonyms : collaborative, collective, combined, common, communal,

Antonyms: exclusive, individual, one-man, one-sided, one-


way, single, sole, solitary, unilateral

Meaning : used or done by a number of people as a group

Etynology : c. 1300, "an (anatomical) joint, a part of a body where two bones meet and move in
contact with one another, the structure that holds such bones together," from Old
French joint "joint of the body" (12c.), from Latin iunctus "united, connected, associated," past
participle of iungere "to join together

Inspire

Synonyms : bear up, buck up, buoy (up), cheer (up), chirk (up), embolden,

Antonyms: confuse, perplex, puzzle


becloud, cloud, darken, obscure

Meaning : to fill with courage or strength of purpose

Etynology : c. 1300, "immediate influence of God or a god," especially that under which the holy
books were written, from Old French inspiracion "inhaling, breathing in; inspiration" (13c.),
from Late Latin inspirationem (nominative inspiratio), noun of action from past-participle stem
of Latin inspirare

Controversy

Synonyms : altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy

Antonyms: accord, agreement, consensus, harmony, unanimity

Meaning : an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions

Etynology : "disputation, debate, prolonged agitation of contrary opinions," late 14c., from Old
French controversie "quarrel, disagreement" or directly from Latin controversia 0
Regarding

Synonyms : about, apropos, apropos of, as far as, as for,

Antonyms:

Meaning : having to do with

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