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List of common words and their synonyms

Word Synonyms Antonyms Collocations/Thesaurus Example


Poverty: Impoverished, Wealth, V: Abject(‫)حقير‬-grinding( -Two million people in the city live in abject (= very great)
Lack of sth that Deprivation, richness, ‫)طاحن‬. poverty.
you need Privation, Need, fortune Dire (very serious) -Thousands of families are living in dire/grinding
hardship, /severe/extreme --poverty in shanty towns.
Poverty line. Destitution, Adj: -The plan is to eradicate urban poverty
Poverty-stricken indigence Eradicate/alleviate/eliminate -
Relieve/fight/combat/tackle
Poverty -trap
Reduce/

Shanty/chanty Back streets,


Shanty town: small barrio,
houses, from wood ghettoes
or cardboard, in
which poor people
live.

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