Daily Star Vocab 19/08/25

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Serial	Word	Part of Speech	Meaning (simple English)	4 Synonyms	4 Antonyms	Example Sentence
1	Settler	Noun	Person who moves to live in a new area	colonist, immigrant, homesteader, newcomer	native, local, resident, indigenous	New settlers arrived and built homes on the hillside.
2	Disclose	Verb	To make information known	reveal, expose, divulge, unveil	hide, conceal, suppress, cover	The report asked the ministry to disclose the full list.
3	Indigenous	Adjective	Belonging naturally to a place	native, aboriginal, original, local	foreign, nonnative, migrant, alien	Policies must protect indigenous communities.
4	Sovereignty	Noun	Supreme power of a state to govern itself	autonomy, independence, authority, self-rule	subordination, dependence, control, domination	The dispute touches national sovereignty.
5	Resettle	Verb	To move and live in a new place	relocate, rehouse, transfer, move	remain, stay, root, keep	Families were resettled with dignity.
6	Implement	Verb	To put a plan into action	execute, carry out, enforce, apply	abandon, cancel, ignore, shelve	The commission failed to implement the accord.
7	Allegation	Noun	Claim that someone did something wrong	accusation, charge, assertion, claim	denial, refutation, defense, exoneration	He rejected the corruption allegations.
8	Comply	Verb	To follow a rule or request	obey, adhere, conform, submit	defy, resist, disobey, ignore	The envoy urged both sides to comply with the truce.
9	Disarm	Verb	To remove weapons	demilitarize, deactivate, neutralize, disband	arm, equip, militarize, reinforce	The plan aims to disarm the militia.
10	Ceasefire	Noun	Agreement to stop fighting	truce, armistice, pause, halt	warfare, hostilities, combat, battle	Both parties extended the ceasefire.
11	Envoy	Noun	A diplomatic representative	emissary, ambassador, delegate, messenger	civilian, layperson, outsider, private	The US envoy met leaders in Beirut.
12	Escalate	Verb	To increase or worsen quickly	intensify, heighten, amplify, mount	ease, lessen, reduce, de-escalate	The rhetoric began to escalate tensions.
13	Incite	Verb	To encourage someone to act, often badly	provoke, stir, spur, inflame	calm, soothe, deter, dissuade	Officials warned not to incite confrontation.
14	Confrontation	Noun	Hostile meeting or fight	clash, conflict, face-off, showdown	agreement, harmony, accord, reconciliation	The remarks risked provoking confrontation.
15	Assert	Verb	To state firmly as true	declare, maintain, claim, affirm	deny, retract, doubt, question	He continued to assert regional rights.
16	Supremacy	Noun	State of being highest in power	dominance, preeminence, superiority, control	inferiority, equality, subservience, weakness	The policy seeks maritime supremacy.
17	Overhaul	Noun	Complete and major repair or change	reform, revamp, renovation, reset	neglect, decay, stagnation, status quo	The service needs an urgent overhaul.
18	Precedent	Noun	Earlier action used as a rule later	example, model, benchmark, standard	novelty, exception, anomaly, innovation	The move sets a damaging precedent.
19	Undermine	Verb	To weaken gradually	erode, sap, impair, sabotage	strengthen, bolster, support, reinforce	Frequent reshuffles undermine morale.
20	Reshuffle	Noun	Reorganization of people or roles	rearrangement, reorganization, shake-up, shuffle	stability, continuity, standstill, fixity	The cabinet reshuffle surprised observers.
21	Foresight	Noun	Ability to plan for the future	prudence, vision, planning, prescience	shortsightedness, neglect, haste, imprudence	Better foresight could have avoided waste.
22	Cosmetic	Adjective	Only for show; not solving the real problem	surface, superficial, decorative, nominal	substantive, deep, meaningful, genuine	The reforms were largely cosmetic.
23	Disservice	Noun	An action that harms instead of helps	harm, detriment, injury, damage	service, benefit, favor, help	Blocking audits is a disservice to citizens.
24	Concession	Noun	Something given up to reach agreement	compromise, allowance, grant, yield	refusal, denial, rejection, demand	The deal required trade concessions.
25	Resilience	Noun	Ability to recover from difficulty	toughness, endurance, flexibility, bounce-back	fragility, weakness, brittleness, vulnerability	The economy showed resilience after shocks.
26	Vulnerability	Noun	Weakness that can be harmed	exposure, fragility, susceptibility, risk	strength, security, immunity, protection	Analysts mapped key climate vulnerabilities.
27	Graduation	Noun	Advancement to a higher status or level	promotion, progression, advancement, elevation	demotion, decline, setback, regression	The country plans graduation from LDC status.
28	Defer	Verb	To delay to a later time	postpone, delay, put off, adjourn	advance, hasten, expedite, accelerate	The decision was deferred for review.
29	Nonperforming	Adjective	Not producing expected results (esp. loans)	delinquent, defaulting, failing, idle	performing, profitable, active, sound	Nonperforming loans rose sharply this year.
30	Governance	Noun	Process of directing and controlling an organization or state	administration, management, rule, stewardship	misrule, anarchy, chaos, disorder	Strong governance is vital for reform success.