Vocabulary

1.Resuscitate
Meaning: revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death.
Synonym: revive, resurrect, restore, regenerate, revitalise
Antonym: extinguish, kill, quench, suppress
Sentence: “an ambulance crew tried to resuscitate him”

2.Banal
Meaning: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
Synonym: trite, hackneyed, clichéd, platitudinous
Antonym: original
Sentence: “songs with banal, repeated words”

3.Barbarian
Meaning: (in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to one of the great
civilisations (Greek, Roman, Christian).
Synonym: savage, uncivilised, barbaric, barbarous, primitive,
Sentence: “the city was besieged by the barbarians”

4.Innocuous
Meaning: not harmful or offensive.
Synonym: harmless, safe, non-dangerous,
Antonym: harmful, obnoxious
Sentence: “it was an innocuous question”

5.Indolence
Meaning: avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
Synonym: inactivity, inaction, inertia,
Sentence: “my failure is probably due to my own indolence”