Word Meaning and make the sentences of given words
(1) erstwhile
(2)innate
(3) princely sum
(4) downcast
(5)austere
Answers
Answer:
Explanation:
1.You use erstwhile to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is.
[formal]
Erstwhile workers may have become managers.
He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an erstwhile friend of his wife's.
2.An innate quality or ability is one which a person is born with.
Americans have an innate sense of fairness.
...a society in which individuals could develop their innate abilities and capacities.
Synonyms: inborn, natural, inherent, essential More Synonyms of innate
innately adverb [ADVERB adjective]
I believe everyone is innately psychic.
4.downcast
(daʊnkɑːst , -kæst)
1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are downcast, you are feeling sad and without hope.
Barbara looked increasingly downcast as defeat loomed.
...a glum, downcast expression.
Synonyms: dejected, sad, depressed, unhappy More Synonyms of downcast
2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If your eyes are downcast, you are looking towards the ground, usually because you are feeling sad or embarrassed.
She was silent, her eyes downcast.
1. His erstwhile friends turned against him.
2. The ghost of innate ideas seems to be all that it had left.
3. He enjoys being magnificent on a princely scale.
4. Prince Andrew came up to her with downcast eyes.
5. The church was austere and simple.