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1
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Valediction

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Act of saying goodbye or a formal speech in which someone says goodbye

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Conviction

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Officially finding someone guilty

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Physic

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Treating with medicine

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Physique

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Body appearance

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Fly into a rage

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To become suddenly or violently angry

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Senile

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Having or showing diseases or weaknesses of old age

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Bemuse

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Confused

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic

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emollient

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Having the quality of soothing or softening the skin

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Desuetude

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Condition of abandonment or inaction

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Colossus

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Person or thing very large or gigantic

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12
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Comatose

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INFORMAL
deeply asleep
गहरी नींद में बेसुध सोया हुआ
He had taken a sleeping pill and was comatose.He had taken a sleeping pill and was comatose.
2.
MEDICAL
deeply unconscious; in a coma
प्रगाढ़ रूप से बेहोश; लंबी और गहरी बेहोशी में; सम्‍मूर्छित

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Harbouring

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Keep in ones mind

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14
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Scaffold

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a platform on which criminals were killed in past times by hanging

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15
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Fritter away

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To squander or waste

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16
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Ghettos

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Jewish quarters in a city, slum area of minority groups or group

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Ratify

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Making sth officially valid

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18
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Sleuths

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Detectives

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19
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Supersede

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To replace sth, esp older or old fashioned

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Acquaint

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To give some information about something

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21
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Concussion

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Temporary unconsciousness or confusion caused by the blow on the head

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22
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Stationery

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Writing or office items

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23
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Stationary

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Motionless

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24
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Profusion

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Abundance

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25
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Profundity

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Words showing deep reflection or insight

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26
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Liaison

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Communication between two or more people or group that work together

A secret sexual relatiinship

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27
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Kerb

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Stone edge of the pavement

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Covet

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An obsessive desire of something that belongs to somebody else, plummy

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29
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Covert

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Secret, hidden

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30
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Reciprocity

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Exchanging things with others for mutual benefits esp privileges granted by one country to another

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31
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Bohemian

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A socially unconventional person usually artistic

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32
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Acerbitye

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Sourness

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33
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Peevish

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Perverse

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Vexation

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Annoyance, irritation

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Vent

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Give free expression to esp a strong emotion

36
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Forbear

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Refrain

37
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Moot

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Subject to debate dispute or uncertainity

38
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bailiwick

A

one’s sphere of operations or area of interest.
“after the war, the Middle East remained his bailiwick”

39
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Meted out

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To give or order a cruel punishment

40
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Get socked with sth

A

To suddenly receive sth that causes you troubles

41
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Get someone’s wires crossed

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To have a different understanding of the same situation

42
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To get sth out of your system

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To do sth enough that you do not have to do it anymore

43
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Abject

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Pathetic or miserable

44
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Cajole

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To flatter someone to persuade them to do sth

45
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Dearth

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Scarcity or lack of sth

46
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Debonair

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Confident stylish and charming man, suave

47
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Scion

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Young shoot or twig of a plant esp one cut for grafting or rooting

Descendant of notable family

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Commodious

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Spacious, roomy

49
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Consign

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To hand over or assign

50
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Jest

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Joke

51
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Jeopardy

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Danger

52
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Subterfuge

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Deceit or secret tactic

53
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Acumen

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Shrewdness shown by keen insight

54
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Somber

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Grave or gloomy in character

55
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Billfold

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A wallet typically made of leather thin enough to be folded several times

56
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Guffaw

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Loud and hearty laugh

57
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Risque

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Slightly indecent and liable to shock esp by being sexually suggestive

58
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Farcical

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Broadly or extravagantly humorous

59
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Fecund

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Capable of producing offspring or vegetation

60
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Foible

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Minor weakness or peculiarity in someone’s character

61
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Gondolas

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The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon

62
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Snub

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to treat somebody rudely, for example by refusing to look at or speak to him/her

Rebuff

Spurn disdainfully

63
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Straddle

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Sit or stand with one leg on either side of

64
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Botch

A

Carry out a task badly or carelessly

65
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Scotch

A

The people of scotland

66
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Bristle

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Short stiff hair on an animal’s skin or a mans face

Be covered with or abundant in

67
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Bromide

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Common statement that is intended to comfort

68
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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspects of countrylife or countryside

69
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Cohort

A

A group

70
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Coiffure

A

Elaborate hairstyle

71
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Vitriolic

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Harsh bitter severe malicious

72
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Bleak

A

Cold miserable weather

73
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Imminent

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About to happen

74
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Clarion

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A shrill narrow tubed war trumpet

75
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Apace

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Swiftly quickly

76
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Probate

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Official proving of will

77
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Yonder

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In the place or direction shown

78
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Writhe

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Twist or bend out of shape

79
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Yoke

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A wooden beam used to join together a pair of animals like oxen

80
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Siege

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A military tactic in which army police or people surrounds a town or building for a long time so that no one can go in or out

81
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Coolly

A

Showing a lack of excitement anxiety or excessive emotion

82
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Gluten

A

Group of protein found in wheat or related grains

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