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antsy
Adjective
Meaning:
Restless, fidgety, impatient, eager, nervous, apprehensive;
Usage:
Deepa was antsy for a new challenge especially after the personal catastrophe she had witnessed
Many students were getting antsy due to the approaching final examinations
It was a long drive and the children started to get antsy
I always get antsy when I have to meet my mother’s boss
scintillate
Verb
Meaning:
To emit sparks; to twinkle or glow;
Usage:
We watched contentedly as our campfire scintillated in the darkness
The diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight
Her gown was lovely and her conversation was witty. Many conceded that she scintillated at the social gathering
scintilla
Noun
Meaning:
A spark; a speck; something so small that it can scarcely be seen
Usage:
There is not a scintilla of truth in what he is saying
peripeteia
Noun
Meaning:
A sudden or unexpected reversal of circumstances or situation especially in a literary work; to change suddenly; to fall around; surprise
Usage:
A peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling
intestine
Adjective
Meaning:
Internal; of or relating to the internal affairs of a state or country
Usage:
The intestine war was a cause of great worry for the ministers
Never during the whole existence of English nation had so long a period passed
without intestine hostilities- Macaulay
gloaming
Noun
Meaning:
Twilight; dusk;
Usage:
Swimming in the gloaming, the couple watched the sun fade into the distance
At dawn and gloaming, the sun is in opposite positions in the sky
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