1.Uncanny (adjective)=अलौकिक

Meaning: strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.

Synonyms: eerie, unnatural, preternatural, supernatural, unearthly, other-worldly, unreal, ghostly, mysterious, strange, abnormal, odd, curious, queer, weird, bizarre.

Example: There is an uncanny similarity of argument between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on controversies that have to do with belief. This is illustrated best in their respective positions on the Ram Setu and the triple talaq debates. 

2.Covenant (noun)=प्रसंविदा

Meaning: an agreement.

Synonyms: contract, compact, treaty, pact, accord, deal, bargain, settlement, concordat, protocol, entente, agreement, arrangement, understanding, pledge, promise.

Example: Belief is a matter of personal choice and no external authority, whether state, cultural community or religious congregation, can tell an individual what her beliefs should be. To do so is to violate the individual’s freedom of conscience guaranteed by most constitutional systems and human rights covenants.

3.Empirical (adjective)=प्रयोगसिद्ध

Meaning: based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Synonyms:  observed, seen, factual, actual, real, verifiable, first-hand; 

Example: In contrast, the ‘matters of faith’ which the RSS and the AIMPLB are referring to — while they may look similar to ‘matters of conscience’ — are not so for they are group, not individual, centric. They have a component that is based on evidence, whether this is textual, historical, or empirical.

4.Annul (verb)=निष्फल करना

Meaning: declare invalid (an official agreement, decision, or result).

synonyms: declare invalid, declare null and void, nullify, invalidate, void.

Example: The Bush administration declared North Korea part of the ‘axis of evil’ in 2002, cancelled direct talks and annulled the 1994 agreement.

5.Oscillate (verb)=थरथराना

Meaning: move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm.

synonyms: swing, sway, swing from side to side, swing back and forth, swing backwards and forwards, swing to and fro.

Example: U.S. policy has oscillated between sanctions in response to nuclear and missile tests, dilution of sanctions by China, talks about closer defence ties with Japan and South Korea, citing of additional threats by North Korea and more testing, thus repeating the cycle. U.S. expectations that sanctions would lead to regime collapse were misplaced because given China’s stakes, this will not happen.

6.Abstention (noun)=मतदान न करना

Meaning: an instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion.

Synonyms: refusal to vote, abstaining, non-voting.

Example: Yes, he won  66% of the vote but he did so with one of the highest rates of abstention in recent history and a record number of spoiled ballots. Even those who voted for him often did so by default in order to prevent the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, from winning.

7.Culminate (verb)=समापन

Meaning: reach a climax or point of highest development.

Synonyms: come to a climax, come to a crescendo, come to a head, reach a finale, peak, climax, reach a pinnacle;

Example: The enthusiasm with which government agencies and businesses have embraced Aadhaar should prompt India’s foreign policy planners to deploy it abroad. Executed properly, Aadhaar could become a central pillar of India’s “neighbourhood first” policy, culminating in the creation of a unique digital South Asian identity.

8.Commemoration (noun)=स्मरणोत्सव

Meaning: the action or fact of commemorating a dead person or past event.

Example: At 39, the pro-EU former investment banker will become France’s youngest-ever President. On Monday, Mr. Macron laid the groundwork for his transition to power, announcing a visit to Germany and a name change for his political movement and appearing with his predecessor at a solemn World War II commemoration, even as the focus shifted to the challenges ahead for his administration. 

9.Abrogate (verb)=अभिनिषेध करना

Meaning: repeal or do away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).

synonyms: repudiate, revoke, repeal, rescind, overturn, overrule, override, do away with, annul, cancel, break off, invalidate, nullify, void, negate, dissolve, countermand, veto, declare null and void, discontinue;

Example: Justice Mathew concluded that the only limitation to the amending power  in the Constitution was that the Constitution could not be repealed or abrogated in the exercise of the power of amendment without substituting a mechanism by which the state was constituted and organised — “that  limitation flows from the language of the Article (Article 368) itself.

10.Despotic (adjective)=निरंकुश

Meaning: of or typical of a despot; tyrannical.

synonyms: autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian, authoritarian, absolute, absolutist, arbitrary, unconstitutional, undemocratic, anti-democratic, uncontrolled, unaccountable, summary.

Example: Article 329A as enacted had removed past, present and future operations of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, to election disputes affecting the Prime Minister and Speaker, and despite the absence of any applicable law it had (in effect) adjudicated the election dispute between  Raj Narain and  Indira Gandhi. In so doing, the amending body neither “ascertained the facts of the case” nor “applied any norms for determining the validity of the election”, and hence this was (according to Justice Mathew) plainly an exercise of “despotic power” damaging the democratic structure of the Constitution.