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Bucket 48 — Support & Foundations
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Best for: structural reforms. These are building metaphors you can apply to institutions. 4 words (1 repeat).
1. BOLSTER (v.)
- Urdu: مضبوط کرنا، سہارا دینا
- Meaning: support or strengthen
- Syn: strengthen, reinforce, boost, shore up · Ant: weaken, undermine, sap, erode
- ✍️ Use: Remittances bolstered foreign reserves during the balance-of-payments crisis.
- 🧠 Hook: a bolster is a long pillow that props you up.
2. BUTTRESS (v./n.)
- Urdu: سہارا دینا، تقویت دینا؛ پشتہ
- Meaning: a projecting support built against a wall; to support an argument
- Syn: support, reinforce, prop up, underpin · Ant: weaken, undermine, refute
- ✍️ Use: Buttress each argument in your essay with a statistic or example.
- 🧠 Hook: the wall rests its butt on the support.
3. PITH (n.) 🔁
- Urdu: جوہر، خلاصہ · the essential core · Syn: essence · Ant: periphery · Full entry → Bucket 31
4. STRUT (n./v.)
- Urdu: سہارا دینے والی پٹی؛ اکڑ کر چلنا
- Meaning: a rod or bar forming part of a framework; (v.) walk in a proud, stiff way
- Syn: brace, prop, support / swagger, parade · Ant: (v.) slouch, shuffle, cower
- ✍️ Use: Independent regulators are the struts that keep a market economy standing.
- 🧠 Hook: the brace that helps a building stand straight; a peacock struts proudly.