Unit: 4 DISASTER MANAGEMENT

 ANTONYMS and SYNONYMS

1. Admirable:
Syn: appreciate, approve, praise, respect, venerate
Ant: hateful, dislike, detest, sentence: an officer of very high rank in the

navy

2. Extensive:
Syn: broad, expanded, sweeping, vast, wide
Ant: confined, narrow, restricted

3. Marine:
Syn: acquatic, hydrographic, maritime, naval, ocean, natatorial, pelagic, seagoing
Ant: terrestrial, goedetic, earthly, ashore, alluvial

4. Priority:
Syn: main-concern, right of way

5. Stockpile:
Syn: supply, store, hoard

6. Disruption:
Syn: trouble, interruption, disturbance.

7. Flee:
Syn: escape, fly
Ant: stand your ground

8. Measure:
syn:criterion,gauge,law,principle,proof,rule,scale,standard,test,touchstone,capacity,degree,share,proposal

9. Refuge:
Syn: fortress, hideway, protection, sanctuary, shelter, retreat, haven
Ant: danger, hazard, risk, jeopardy, exposure, pitfall

10. Superintend:
Syn: manage, control

11. Emphasing:
Syn: stress

12. Froth:
Syn: head, foam, bubble

13. Monitoring:
Syn: guidance

14. Resource:
Syn: supply, store

15. Supervisory:
Syn: managerial, administrate

16. Endemic:
Syn: wide spread, common, rife

17. Hysterical:
Syn: out of control, frantic
Ant: composed

18. Operation:
syn:act,action,effort,agency,enterprise,execution,instrumentally,manipulation,performance,procedure,process,proceeding,working,transaction,maneuver
Ant: cessation, Inaction, inactivity

19. Sever:
Syn: cut, separate, split, undo
Ant: attach, join

20. Essential:
Syn: important, key point, fundamental
Ant: unnecessary

21. Infrastructure:
Syn: communication, fundamental facilities

22. Evacuate:
Syn: to clear, remove from, vacate
Ant: join, together

23. Vulnerable:
Syn: danger, at risk, helpless
Ant: safe, self-reliant

24. Inspection:
Syn: examination, check, scrutiny, assessment
Ant: uncheck, lenient

25. Preventive:
Syn: stop, defensive, precautionary

Ant: start, aggressive