- MORBIDITY (Noun) :
Meaning: The condition of being diseased or rate of a disease in population.
Synonyms: Dullness, Despair, Misery, Deadliness, Antonyms: Bright, Hopeful, comfortable, joyful.
Sentence: Morbidity and mobility are continuously deteriorating the health index of our nation. - PREDICAMENT (Noun) :
Meaning: A difficult, unpleasing or embarrassing situation
Synonym: Circumstances, crisis, deadlock, dilemma
Antonym: Advantage, Benefit, Agreement, Blessing
Sentence: The century-old club’s financial predicament is not a sudden one as the signs of the same were evident even a decade ago. - LOUT (Noun) :
Meaning: a big clumsy often slow-witted person.
Synonyms: ignoramus, dunderhead, fathead, dimwit.
Antonyms: brain, egghead, genius, intellectual, sage, whiz, wizard.
Sentence: But this question was beyond the poor lout’s intelligence; he could only blubber and fend off possible chastisement. - EXACERBATE (Verb) :
Meaning: To make worse or increase the severity of
Synonyms: Aggravate, Annoy
Antonyms: Calm, Soothe
Usage: The doctor told me not to run as it can exacerbate my knee injury. - DESOLATE(Adjective) :
Meaning: A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it
Synonyms: Gloomy, dull
Antonyms: Cheerful, Happy
Usage: The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape. - SIEGE (Noun) :
Meaning: a military operation in which enemy forces surround building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.
Synonyms: blockade, barricade, restriction
Antonyms: clearance, opening
Usage: During the siege of the village, the villagers were forced to give up their property. - STENTORIAN (Adjective) :
Meaning: (of a person’s voice) loud and powerful.
Synonyms: booming, clangorous, piercing, roaring.
Antonyms: soothing, muffled, muted, softened.
Usage: When my father speaks in a stentorian voice, I know I’m in trouble. - ABLUTION (Noun) :
Meaning: a cleansing with water or other liquid, especially as a religious ritual.
Synonyms: purification, cleansing
Antonyms: impure
Example: While the bandaging no longer takes place, the ritual ablutions are still performed. - TREPIDATION (Noun) :
Meaning: a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
Synonyms: fear, apprehension, dread, fearfulness. Antonyms: contentment, bravery, happiness, delight.
Usage: As the earthquake bared down, I was overpowered with trepidation. - NAB (Verb) :
Meaning: catch (someone) doing something wrong.
Synonyms: seize, apprehend, arrest, restrain.
Antonyms: emancipate, free, liberate, unchain.
Usage: A bank robber was nabbed because he made the classic mistake of returning to the scene of the crime. - IDIOMS:
“Baker’s Dozen”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: Thirteen
Usage: Your order of a dozen doughnuts is ready. We’ll throw in one more to make it a baker’s dozen.“lion’s share”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: the majority of something
Usage:
You took the lion’s share of the money. All I got was a couple pennies.“nest egg”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: saved money
Usage:
She has a huge nest egg, so she doesn’t have to work anymore.
