Hi guys,

Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Word:

Dearth

Part Of Speech:

Noun

Derivatives:

None

Pronunciation:

/dəːθ/ ; [durth]

Meaning:

• A scarcity or lack of something.
• Scarcity and dearness of food; famine.

Synonyms:

Lack, scarcity, shortage, deficiency, paucity.

Antonyms:

Abundance, surfeit.

Word Origin:

Middle English derthe (see dear, -th²).

Use In Sentences:

• There is a dearth of good engineers in this city.
• Because there was a dearth of evidence, the district attorney had to drop the charges.

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