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Today’s article title is: Reliance in talks to acquire Urban Ladder, Milkbasket, says report
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CONGLOMERATE
Noun
Pronunciation: kuhn-glom-er-it
Meaning: a group of businesses or enterprises under one control
Synonyms: empire
Usage: They will acquire a lot of small businesses to create a large conglomerate
INFUSE
Verb
Pronunciation: in-fyooz
Meaning: to cause to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
Synonyms: endue (or indue), imbue, inculcate, ingrain (also engrain), inoculate, invest, steep, suffuse
Antonyms: eliminate, remove, take (away)
Usage: He strives to infuse the values of honesty in his students
Forms: Infusion (noun)
FRUCTIFY
Verb
Pronunciation: fruhk-tuh-fahy
Meaning: to make fruitful or productive; fertilize
Usage: The discussions about the merger failed to fructify
CONSOLIDATE
Verb
Pronunciation: kuhn-sol-i-deyt
Meaning: to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control/ to make markedly greater in measure or degree
Synonyms: centralize, concentrate, unify, unite/ accentuate, amp (up), amplify, intensify, magnify
Antonyms: decentralize, deconcentrate, spread (out)/ abate, moderate
Usage: She will consolidate all branches under one manager/ She is looking to consolidate her gains
Forms: Consolidation (noun)
CONSENT
Verb
Pronunciation: kuhn-sent
Meaning: to give or express one’s approval
Synonyms: accede, acquiesce, agree, assent, come round, subscribe
Antonyms: dissent
Usage: They consent to the use of their replies for our research
Forms: Consent (noun)
