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Words of the Week

Ransack – loot / search / plunder / pillage / rob / raid

Antonym – hide / offer


It is a verb.


Poach – smuggle / intrude / boil / parboil

Antonym – receive


It is a verb.



Valorous – valiant / courageous / gallant / adventurous / chivalrous / audacious

Antonym – cowardly / unheroic

It is an adjective




Truce – Cease – fire / Armistice/ Accord / agreement

Antonym – Continuation / disagreement / war / hostilities

It is a noun.



Boutique – exclusive shop / specialty shop / shop / exchange



It is a noun.




Drub – Beat / thump / clobber / spank


Antonym – fail / give up

It is a verb.



Bauble – Toy / gewgaw / knickknack / trinket / bagatelle

Antonym – diamond / central point

It is a noun.




Destitute – insolvent / impoverished / exhausted / needy / bankrupt

Antonym – lucy / affluent


It is an adjective.





Austerity – sacrifice / frugality

Antonym – excess / extremism

It is a noun.




Ambiguity – doubt / uncertainty / mysteriousness

Antonym – certainty / clarity


It is a noun.

##Home Task – 1. Make sentences using the words given above.

2. Let’s change the parts of speech of these words.