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6/8/20(princeton,tc,set-2,set-3) Flashcards

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backwater

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  1. COUNTABLE NOUN
    A backwater is a place that is isolated.
    …a quiet rural backwater.
    Synonyms: isolated place, backwoods, remote place, sleepy town More Synonyms of backwater
  2. COUNTABLE NOUN
    If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions.
    [disapproval]
    Britain could become a political backwater with no serious influence in the world.
    This agency will be relegated to the backwaters of Washington.
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sprawling

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ADJECTIVE
1. sitting or lying in an ungainly manner with one’s limbs spread out
2. spreading out in a straggling fashion
a sprawling and semi-abandoned chateau
The sprawling city contained some 4m people.
He keeps forgetting the words and the song is a sprawling mess.

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picaresque

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ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A picaresque story is one in which a dishonest but likeable person travels around and has lots of exciting experiences.
[literary]
…a picaresque novel about the life and crimes of Joey Blueglass.

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usurp

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VERB
If you say that someone usurps a job, role, title, or position, they take it from someone when they have no right to do this.
[formal]
Did she usurp his place in his mother’s heart? [VERB noun]
The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: seize, take over, assume, take

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impotence

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  1. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
    Impotence is a lack of power to influence people or events.
    …a sense of impotence in the face of deplorable events.
    Synonyms: powerlessness, inability, helplessness, weakness More Synonyms of impotence
  2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
    Impotence is a man’s sexual problem in which his penis fails to get hard or stay hard.
    Impotence affects 10 million men in the U.S. alone.
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heterodoxy

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NOUN
Word forms: plural ˈheteroˌdoxies
1. the quality or fact of being heterodox
2. a heterodox belief or doctrine

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glib

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ADJECTIVE
If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case.
[disapproval]
…the glib talk of ‘past misery’.
Mr. Lewis takes an insufferably glib attitude toward it all.
Synonyms: smooth, easy, ready, quick

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parlous

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ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If something is in a parlous state, it is in a bad or dangerous condition.
[formal]
…the parlous state of our economy.
Synonyms: dangerous, difficult, desperate, risky

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expatiate

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VERB (intransitive)
1. (foll by on or upon)
to enlarge (on a theme, topic, etc) at length or in detail; elaborate (on)
2.  rare
to wander about
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impending

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ADJECTIVE [ADJECTIVE noun]
An impending event is one that is going to happen very soon.
[formal]
On the morning of the expedition I awoke with a feeling of impending disaster.
He’d spoken to Simon that morning of his impending marriage.
Synonyms: looming, coming, approaching, near

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ennui

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Ennui is a feeling of being tired, bored, and dissatisfied.
[literary]
Synonyms: boredom, dissatisfaction, tiredness, the doldrums

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hyperbole

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
If someone uses hyperbole, they say or write things that make something sound much more impressive than it really is.
[technical, formal]
…the hyperbole that portrays him as one of the greatest visionaries in the world.
Synonyms: exaggeration, hype [informal], overstatement, enlargement

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opprobrium

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Opprobrium is open criticism or disapproval of something that someone has done.
[formal]
His political opinions have attracted the opprobrium of the Left. [+ of]
…public opprobrium.
Synonyms: censure, criticism, condemnation, discredit

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inerrable

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ADJECTIVE
less common words for infallible
ADJECTIVE
If a person or thing is infallible, they are never wrong.
Although he was experienced, he was not infallible.
She had an infallible eye for style.
Synonyms: perfect, impeccable, faultless, unerring More Synonyms of infallible
infallibility (ɪnfælɪbɪlɪti ) UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
…exaggerated views of the infallibility of science. [+ of]
Synonyms: reliability, safety, dependability, trustworthiness

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encomiums

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NOUN
Word forms: plural -miums or -mia (-mɪə)
a formal expression of praise; eulogy; panegyric

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disruptive

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  1. ADJECTIVE
    To be disruptive means to prevent something from continuing or operating in a normal way.
    There are many ways children’s disruptive behaviour can be managed.
    The process of implementing these changes can be very disruptive to a small company.
    Synonyms: disturbing, upsetting, disorderly, unsettling More Synonyms of disruptive
  2. ADJECTIVE
    Disruptive technology involves completely new methods that change the way something such as a market or a type of device works.
    One example of disruptive technology is 3-D printing.
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pilloried

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  1. VERB [usually passive]
    If someone is pilloried, a lot of people, especially journalists, criticize them and make them look stupid.
    A man has been forced to resign as a result of being pilloried by some of the press. [be VERB-ed]
    Synonyms: ridicule, denounce, stigmatize, brand More Synonyms of pillory
  2. COUNTABLE NOUN
    A pillory is a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands. In Europe in former times criminals were sometimes locked in a pillory as a form of punishment.
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surfeit

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noun
আতিশয্য
intensity, surfeit, redundancy, exorbitance, exorbitancy, redundance
ধুম
surfeit, pomp, abundance, excess
অপরিমিতভাজন
surfeit, over-eating
verb
অমিতাচারী হত্তয়া
surfeit, be intemperate in food or drink
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feigning

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VERB
If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true.
[formal]
One morning, I didn’t want to go to school, and decided to feign illness. [VERB noun]
‘Giles phoned this morning,’ Mirella said with feigned indifference. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB to-infinitive]
Synonyms: pretend, affect, assume, put on

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lambasted

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VERB
If you lambast someone, you criticize them severely, usually in public.
[formal]
Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: reprimand, carpet [informal], flame [informal], censure

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hoodwinked

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VERB
If someone hoodwinks you, they trick or deceive you.
People expect others to be honest, which is why conmen find it so easy to hoodwink people. [VERB noun]
Many people are hoodwinked by the so-called beauty industry. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: deceive, trick, fool, cheat

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vitiated

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VERB
If something is vitiated, its effectiveness is spoiled or weakened.
দূষিত করা
contaminate, vulgarize, vitiate, vulgarise
ব্যর্থ করা
vitiate, stonker, Elude
বাতিল করা
cancel, cancellation, countermand, negation, vitiate, cashier
[formal]
The Commission’s handling of its finances is vitiated by error and fraud. [be VERB-ed]
But this does not vitiate his scholarship.

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reconnoitered

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TRANSITIVE VERB/INTRANSITIVE VERB
To reconnoiter an area means to obtain information about its geographical features or about the size and position of an army there.
He reconnoitered the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, traveling up the magnificent river as far as modern Montreal.
I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoiter.

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ingest

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VERB
When animals or plants ingest a substance, they take it into themselves, for example by eating or absorbing it.
[technical]
…side effects occurring in fish that ingest this substance. [VERB noun]
The spores can also be ingested through open wounds. [VERB noun]
ingestion (ɪndʒestʃən ) UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Every ingestion of food can affect our mood or thinking processes.

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facilitate

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VERB
To facilitate an action or process, especially one that you would like to happen, means to make it easier or more likely to happen.
The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism. [VERB noun]
He argued that the economic recovery had been facilitated by his tough stance. [be VERB-ed]
Synonyms: further, help, forward, promote

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halcyon

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ADJECTIVE [ADJECTIVE noun]
A halcyon time is a time in the past that was peaceful or happy.
[literary]
It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in 1990, when he won three tournaments on the European tour.
Synonyms: happy, golden, flourishing, prosperous

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perennial

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  1. ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
    You use perennial to describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
    …the perennial urban problems of crime and homelessness.
    There’s a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.
    Synonyms: continual, lasting, continuing, permanent More Synonyms of perennial
    perennially ADVERB [usually ADVERB adjective]
    Both services are perennially short of staff.
  2. ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
    A perennial plant lives for several years and has flowers each year.
    …a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers.
    Perennial is also a noun.
    …a low-growing perennial.
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quiescent

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DJECTIVE
Someone or something that is quiescent is quiet and inactive.
[literary]
…a society which was politically quiescent and above all deferential.
…a quiescent Southern seaside town.
Synonyms: quiet, still, peaceful, calm More Synonyms of quiescent
quiescence UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
…a long period of quiescence.

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prefigure

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VERB
If one thing prefigures another, it is a first indication which suggests or determines that the second thing will happen.
[formal]
…the 19th-century photographer, inventor and showman who pioneered photographic techniques that prefigured modern cinema.

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slush

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  1. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
    Slush is snow that has begun to melt and is therefore very wet and dirty.
    Becker’s eyes were as cold and grey as the slush on the pavements outside.
  2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
    If you describe a love story as slush, you mean that you dislike it because it is too sentimental and cannot be taken seriously.
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umbrage

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NOUN
1. displeasure or resentment; offence (in the phrase give or take umbrage)
2. the foliage of trees, considered as providing shade
3. rare
shadow or shade
4. archaic
a shadow or semblance

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requisition

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  1. VERB
    If people in authority requisition a vehicle, building, or food, they formally demand it and take it for official use.
    [formal]
    Authorities requisitioned hotel rooms to lodge more than 3,000 stranded vacationers. [VERB noun]
  2. COUNTABLE NOUN
    A requisition is a written document which allows a person or organization to obtain goods.
    …a requisition for a replacement photocopier. [+ for]
    Synonyms: demand, request, call, order
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axiomatic

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ADJECTIVE
If something is axiomatic, it seems to be obviously true.
[formal]
Synonyms: self-evident, given, understood, accepted

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intertwine

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. VERB
If two or more things are intertwined or intertwine, they are closely connected with each other in many ways.
Their destinies are intertwined. [be VERB-ed]
Three major narratives intertwine within Foucault’s text, ‘Madness and Civilisation’. [VERB]
He intertwines personal reminiscences with the story of British television. [VERB noun + with]
Her fate intertwined with his. [VERB + with]
[Also VERB noun]
2. VERB
If two things intertwine, they are twisted together or go over and under each other.
Trees, undergrowth and creepers intertwined, blocking our way. [VERB]
The towels were embroidered with their intertwined initials. [VERB-ed]
[Also V + with]
Synonyms: interweave, entwine, interlace, cross

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urbane

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ADJECTIVE
Someone who is urbane is polite and appears comfortable in social situations.
She describes him as urbane and charming.
In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
Synonyms: sophisticated, cultured, polished, civil More Synonyms of urbane
urbanity (ɜːʳbænɪti ) UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Fearey had all the charm and urbanity of the trained diplomat. [+ of]
Synonyms: sophistication, culture, polish, charm

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tendentious

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ADJECTIVE
Something that is tendentious expresses a particular opinion or point of view very strongly, especially one that many people disagree with.
[formal]
His analysis was rooted in a somewhat tendentious reading of French history.

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unexpurgated

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ADJECTIVE

(of a book, text, etc) not amended or censored by removing potentially offensive material

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mired

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ADJECTIVE
1. made muddy or dirty
The wind was brisk, the road mired in mud.
2. involved, esp in difficulties

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execrable

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ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as execrable, you mean that it is very bad or unpleasant.
[formal]
Accusing us of being disloyal to cover his own sorry behavior is truly execrable.
…an execrable meal.
Synonyms: repulsive, offensive, disgusting, horrible

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extemporize

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verb
উপস্থিতমত রচনা করা
extemporize
বিনা প্রস্তুতিতে বক্তৃতা দেত্তয়া
extemporize
উপস্থিতমত বক্তৃতা দেত্তয়া
extemporize
বিনা প্রস্তুতিতে রচনা করা
extemporize
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relentless

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  1. ADJECTIVE
    Something bad that is relentless never stops or never becomes less intense.
    The pressure now was relentless.
    Synonyms: unremitting, sustained, punishing, persistent More Synonyms of relentless
    relentlessly ADVERB
    The sun is beating down relentlessly.
  2. ADJECTIVE
    Someone who is relentless is determined to do something and refuses to give up, even if what they are doing is unpleasant or cruel.
    Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.
    He was the most relentless enemy I have ever known.
    Synonyms: merciless, hard, fierce, harsh More Synonyms of relentless
    relentlessly ADVERB
    She always questioned me relentlessly.
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squander

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VERB
If you squander money, resources, or opportunities, you waste them.
Hooker didn’t squander his money on flashy cars or other vices. [VERB noun + on]
He had squandered his chances to win. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: waste, spend, fritter away, blow [slang]

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impugn

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VERB
If you impugn something such as someone’s motives or integrity, you imply that they are not entirely honest or honourable.
[formal]
The Secretary’s letter questions my veracity and impugns my motives. [VERB noun]
All I can hope is that the good name of the Bank will not be impugned in some way. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: challenge, question, attack, dispute

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parry

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  1. VERB
    If you parry a question or argument, you cleverly avoid answering it or dealing with it.
    In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations. [VERB noun]
  2. VERB
    If you parry a blow from someone who is attacking you, you push aside their arm or weapon so that you are not hurt.
    I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks. [VERB noun]
    I parried, and that’s when my sword broke.
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defalcate

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VERB
(intransitive) law
to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one

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hurl

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  1. VERB
    If you hurl something, you throw it violently and with a lot of force.
    Groups of angry youths hurled stones at police. [VERB noun preposition]
    One prisoner set fire to rags and hurled them into the courtyard. [VERB noun preposition]
    Simon caught the grenade and hurled it back. [VERB noun with adverb]
    Gangs rioted last night, breaking storefront windows and hurling rocks and bottles. [VERB noun]
    Synonyms: throw, fling, chuck [informal], send More Synonyms of hurl
  2. VERB
    If you hurl abuse or insults at someone, you shout insults at them aggressively.
    How would you handle being locked in the back of a cab while the driver hurled abuse at you?
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nebulous

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ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as nebulous, you mean that it is vague and not clearly defined or not easy to describe.
The notions we children were able to form of the great world beyond were exceedingly nebulous.
Music is such a nebulous thing.

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obstreperate

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VERB (intransitive)

to be extremely noisy or to create a resounding din

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quiescent

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adjective
স্থির
fixed, set, static, still, stationary, quiescent
নিস্তব্ধ
calm, peaceful, quiescent
অনুচ্চারিত
mute, untold, unspoken, unpronounced, silent, quiescent

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rapacious

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ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a person or their behaviour as rapacious, you disapprove of their greedy or selfish behaviour.
[formal, disapproval]
He had a rapacious appetite for bird’s nest soup.
…a rapacious exploitation policy.
Synonyms: greedy, grasping, insatiable, ravenous

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enigmatic

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হেঁয়ালিপূর্ণ

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heretical

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প্রচলিত মতবেরোধী

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