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Words of the Week

Banger – sausage / weenie / bratwurst / cracker / firecracker / cannon cracker

It is a noun.



Inclusive – comprehensive / broad / full / all- together



Antonym – exclusive / narrow / limited / restricted




It is an adjective.






Speculation – belief / guess / conjecture / opinion / contemplation / theory




Antonym – reality / truth




It is a noun.





Eviction – dispossession / ejection / removal / expulsion / ouster


Antonym – admittance / receiving / assignment / appointment


It is a noun.





Stargazer – idealist / someone indifferent to the busy world / lotus – eater

It is a noun.




Shellacking – defeat / loss / setback / drubbing / beating



Antonym – victory / win / triumph / success

It is a noun.






Demarche – action / manipulation / gimmick / movement



Antonym – cessation / ignorance / inactivity / inaction



It is a noun.



Hostile

As an adjective –

adverse / bitter / unfavourable / contrary / belligerent / negative / unfriendly / antagonistic /


Antonym- agreeable / favourable / sympathetic / friendly


As a noun –

Enemy / foe / opponent

Antonym – friend / fellow



Bewildering – perplexing / confusing / baffling / puzzling



Antonym – logical / coherent / systematic / reasonable


It is an adjective.



Loom – brew / impend / approach / dominate / hover / mount



Antonym – fall / disappear / descend / decline


It is a verb.



Usher

As verb –

steer / guide / lead / accompany



Antonym- follow / trail


As noun –

Attendant / guide / conductor / hearald / escort





Lethal – deadly / poisonous / harmful / fatal / dangerous / malignant



Antonym- nonlethal / healthy / nonfatal / beneficial


It is an adjective.



Defacement – vandalism / disfigurement / impairment / Mutilation


Antonym – good health / undamaged

It is a noun.




Infirmity – ailment / imperfection / malady / affliction / ill health / sickness / disease / feebleness



Antonym – perfection / health / wellness / strength / soundness


It is a noun .




Guillotine – behead / execute / decapitate / head / lop / electrocute / decollete / scaffold / put to death

Antonym- give birth / kindness / condonation / clemency / mercy / commutation / compassion

It is a verb


Valour ( valor ) – bravery / heroism / courage / fearlessness / daring / gallantry

Antonym-fear / cowardice


It is a noun.




Turmoil – anxiety / afraid / agitated / disturbance / confusion / riot / turbulence

Antonym – calm / tranquillity


It is a noun.




Espionage – intelligence / secret service / spying / reconnaissance

It is a noun.

Home Task –

1. Make sentences with these words.

2. Try to change the parts of speech.