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Today’s article title is: Jobs for youngsters dwindle in slowing economy hit by Covid-19, lockdown
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DWINDLE
Verb
Pronunciation: dwin-dl
Meaning: to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent/ to grow lower in intensity
Synonyms: abate, de-escalate, decrease, lessen, lower, reduce
Antonyms: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise
Usage: The flame will dwindle when the oxygen decreases
COMORBIDITY
Noun
Pronunciation: ko-mor-bi-dit-ee
Meaning: presence of one or more additional conditions often co-occurring with a primary condition (medical)
Synonyms: concurrent, co-occurring
Usage: Anyone with a comorbidity like hypertension is at higher risk of COVID-19
Forms: Comorbidities (plural)
OVERWHELMING
Adjective
Pronunciation: oh-ver-hwel-ming
Meaning: causing strong emotion (can be both positive or negative based on context)
Synonyms: irresistible, overpowering, disarming, endearing, fetching, inviting,
Antonyms: endurable, sufferable, tolerable
Usage: The sad tune of the song is overwhelming
Forms: Overwhelm (verb)
DEBILITATING
Verb
Pronunciation: dee-bi-lit-teyt-ing
Meaning: to diminish the physical strength of
Synonyms: devitalizing, enervating, enfeebling, etiolating, prostrating, sapping, softening, tiring, wasting, weakening
Antonyms: beefing (up), fortifying, strengthening
Usage: The air pollution is debilitating the lungs of all the citizens
Forms: Debilitating (adjective)
FATAL
Adjective
Pronunciation: feyt-l
Meaning: bringing about ruin, misfortune or death
Synonyms: calamitous, cataclysmal, catastrophic, damning, destructive, disastrous, fateful, ruinous, deadly, deathly
Antonyms: healthful, healthy, nonfatal, nonlethal, wholesome
Usage: The disease is fatal for everyone who comes in contact with it
Forms: Fatality (noun)
