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WORD USAGE #13:
Word: OBSEQUIOUS

Part Of Speech : adj

Meaning

flattering
Root of the word seq/sec = follow
Synonyms servile, slavish, sycophantic, cringing, deferential, grovelling, spineless, crouching
Antonyms insolent, bold, impudent, defiant, swaggering, presumptuous, contemptuous, arrogant, hardened, intim
Usage The obsequious politician picked up the shoes of the party president.

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WORD USAGE #14:
Word: QUERULOUS
Part Of Speech: adj

Meaning

argumentative
Root of the word quer/ques/quis/quire = question
Synonyms complaining, peevish, fretful, fretting, tetchy, censorious, disagreeable, irritable
Antonyms agreeable
Usage The querulous journalist kept on bombarding his objections to the new scheme during the press conference.

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WORD USAGE #15:
Word: TORPID
Part Of Speech:adj

Meaning

lazy
Root of the word topos = place
Synonyms dull, sluggish, inactive, numb, stupid, tedious, boring, uninteresting, spiritless, vapid, vacuous,
Antonyms active
Usage After a two-hour swimming session we lay torpid near the pool.

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WORD USAGE #16
Word: ABNEGATE
Part Of Speech:verb

Meaning sacrifice, renounce, self-denial
Root of the word :nega = deny, not
Synonyms disown, negate, forswear
Antonyms take, acquire, gain
Usage He abnegated his place in the team so that his younger brother could get a chance to play.

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WORD USAGE #17
Word: OAFISH
Part of Speech: adj

Meaning

uncouth, unpleasant, stupid behaviour
Root
Synonyms clumsy, awkward, foolish, stupid, rough, boorish, ill-mannered, unrefined, uncultured, clownish
Antonyms smart, clever
Usage She dotes on her son so much that he has become an oafish idiot.

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WORD USAGE #18
Word:

FALSETTO
Part of Speech: noun

Meaning

high-pitched voice above one's normal range used by male singers
Root-
Synonyms high voice, high-pitched voice, high-pitched tone, piercing tone, ear piercing tone.
Antonyms -
Usage The singer's falsetto was ringing in my ears long after the concert was over.

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WORD USAGE #19
Word:

TEPID
Part of Speech: adj

Meaning

lacking interest or enthusiasm.
Root -
Synonyms unenthusiastic, apathetic, half-hearted, indifferent, cool, luke warm, uninterested, unconcerned, of
Antonyms enthusiastic
Usage Despite a lot of publicity, the event evoked only a tepid response.

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WORD USAGE #20
Word: ELAN
Part of Speech : noun

Meaning

showing great enthusiasm and energy, style and confidence

Root -
Synonyms flair, stylishness, elegance, grace, poise, suaveness
Antonyms clumsiness
Usage The elegant young woman could carry off any type of dress with élan.

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WORD USAGE #21
Word:

EMBROIL
Part of Speech : verb

Meaning :

to involve
Root : EN, EM = in, into
Synonyms entangle, enmesh, confuse with
Antonyms -
Usage Much against his wishes he was embroiled in a scandal.

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WORD USAGE #22
Word: WINDED
Part of Speech : adj

Meaning

- breathless
Root of the word -
Synonyms out of breath, gasping for breath, panting, puffing.
Antonyms -
Usage The trek was pretty arduous and we were totally winded by the time we reached the top of the mountain.