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1. Calamity

a disaster; an even resulting in great loss

Sentence: Volcanic eruptions, and floods are natural calamities knock down trees destroy homes.

2. Chortle

laugh quietly in a controlled manner.

Sentence: The students in the last bench chortled after making fun of the teacher because they did not want to get caught.

3. Curt

brief and to the point

Sentence: He did not waste words, he made a short curt speech and left the stage.

Sentence: Because of his curt manner, people thought he was short tempered.

4. Dormant

Sleeping; inactive; at rest.

Sentence: Some viruses can lie dormant for years before they become active.

Sentence: There are many dormant volcanoes on our planet.

5. Dubious

doubtful, suspicious; not convincing.

Sentence: The product was cheap, and looked dubious.

Sentence: His certificates looked dubious.

Sentence: He gave me a dubious look before accepting my offer.

6. Falter

hesitate; be unsteady; look ready to fail;

Sentence: When the strict teacher walked into the class, the smiles of the students faltered.

Sentence: The moment the questions started getting difficult, the students confidence faltered.

Sentence: His voice faltered when he was talking about the death of his friends.

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7. Lament

express grief or sadness through words or sounds.

Sentence: He lamented about the loss of his son.

Sentence: The sounds of lament from the room indicated that the old man died.

8. Ornate

Covered in ornaments; heavily decorated

Sentence: All the walls in the conference room were ornate with carvings and showpieces.

Sentence: The huge picture was put in an ornate golden frame with designs and patterns.

9. Perpetual

without stopping; unending; continuing for a long time

Sentence: People perpetually complain about dishonest politicians, but do nothing.

Sentence: He never smiled, his face had a perpetual angry expression.

Sentence: My friends always tries to look at the positive side, she is a perpetual optimist.

10. Recede

to fade slowly; to go back

Sentence: As I grew older, my hair started to recede and I started becoming bald.

Sentence: Three days after the flood, the waters started to recede slowly.

Sentence: He walked away from us, we heard the sound of his footsteps recede.

11. Relentless

continuing to put an effort; not giving up;

Sentence: Even after he failed, his attempts to pass the exam were relentless.

Sentence: In sales jobs, there is relentless pressure to achieve targets.

Sentence: The rain seemed so relentless that we thought it would never stop.

12. Sociable

friendly; extroverted

Sentence: When I first met him, he had a sociable smile on his face.

Sentence: All the people at work are sociable. It makes it easy for a new-comer to adjust here.

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13. Sullen

moody; bad-tempered; without any sense of humour. - Opposite of sullen.

Sentence: When the child did not get the toy she wanted, she became quiet and sullen.

Sentence: After the argument, the couple spent the rest of the day in sullen silence.

Sentence: The sullen expression on the teacher face scared the students.

14. Unfurl

unroll; unfold; spread out

Sentence: The flag was unfurled and the national anthem was sung.

Sentence: The bird unfurled its wings flew away.

Sentence: I unfurled the mat and slept on it.

15. Waft

to be carried on the air.

Sentence: The smells of spices wafted out of the kitchen and into my room.

Sentence: The sound of cleaning wafted into the room.

Sentence: A cold wind wafted into the room through the window.

16. writhe

to twist and turn usually with pain or discomfort.

Sentence: He writhed in pain because of the stomach ache.

Sentence: The pit was full of snakes writing against one another.

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