Vocabulary

1. Moribund
Meaning: (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigour.
Synonym: waning, dying, stagnating, stagnant, decaying,
Antonym: thriving, recovering, flourishing
Sentence: “the moribund commercial property market”

2.perennial
Meaning : lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring
Synonym : everlasting, perpetual, eternal,
Antonym: ceasing, ending, halting, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary
Sentence:”his perennial distrust of the media”

3.perdition
Meaning : (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes after death
Synonym : damnation, eternal punishment;
Sentence:”she used her last banknote to buy herself a square meal before perdition”

4.pendant
Meaning : a piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn round the neck.,
Synonym : locket, medallion, drop, stone;
Sentence:”a jade-green pendant on a gold chain”

5.penance
Meaning : punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing
Synonym : atonement, expiation, self-punishment
Sentence:”he had done public penance for those hasty words”