English Vocabulary With Root Word – Set 12 Free PDF Download

 Dol

• Pain or suffering Grieve Pain Worry suffer

Dolour- Noun

• Mental suffering or anguish; grief
• After the death of her father, she receded into a deep dolour that lasted months
• Dolorous- Adjective
• Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress

Doleful

• Expressing sorrow; mournful
• The doleful look on the baby’s face unsettled many on-lookers

Condole

•  CON (together) + DOLE (grieve)
• Grieve with, express sympathy for someone
•  Condolence- an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of death of a person’s relative or close friend
• The family and relatives sent their condolences on the demise of his father

 indolent

• In (without)+ dolent (pain)
•  Lazy, wants to avoid activity or exertion
• Vishwanath is an indolent boy who likes to sit on his sofa all day long and watch sitcoms

 Indolence- laziness

•  Avoiding activity or exertion
•  Probably his promotion was stopped due to his indolence at work

Doldrums

•  In low spirits
•  A state or period of sadness or depression / a state or period where there is no activity or improvement
•  She has been in doldrums ever since she failed in her exams
• The stock market has been in doldrums for over two months now

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