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Impervious

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Meaning: incapable of being influenced

Sentence: it seems Omair is impervious to having a party at his place this summer

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Exculpate

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Meaning: to clear of blame

Sentence: NAMO is still not exculpated for his role in the 2002 riots

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Fettered / manacled

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Meaning: to restrain

Sentence: Bauzer should be fettered sometimes when he gets too excited

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Undergird

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Meaning: strengthen

Sentence: Kalli thought that taking an unrequisite GRE will undergird her application which it probably won’t

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Underpin

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Meaning: strengthen

Sentence: Kalli thought that taking an unrequisite GRE will undergird her application which it probably won’t

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Palliating

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Meaning: to make less severe/ mitigate

Sentence: teenagers try and drink more to palliate the horror that is high school stress

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Inter

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Meaning: to place a dead body in a grave

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Idolatry

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Meaning: the religious worship of idols

Sentence: Hinduism is characterised by idolatry practices

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Intractable

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Meaning: difficult

Sentence: dealing with Z’s moods was quite an intractable task

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Flummoxed

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Meaning: confused

Sentence: reading comprehension in the GRE has always managed to flummox me

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Verbosity

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Meaning: using too many words

Sentence: Donald trump’s verbosity is a bad quality because he talks rubbish

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Adroit

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Meaning: cleverly skill full, expert

Sentence: even though I’ve never seen him debate, knowing Moulik I am confident that he is an adroit debater

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Prolix

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Meaning: long, tedious

Sentence: SM’s complaints about LSR were initially legitimate but then just became vexing prolix messages after a point

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Panacea

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Meaning: Universal remedy

Sentence: alcohol is a universal remedy for sadness (lol)

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Encompassing

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Meaning: to enclose or build a circle around

Sentence: in the battle of the bastards Ramsey’s army encompassed Jon Snow’s

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Cogency

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Meaning: the quality of being convincing

Sentence: the cogency of the argument was irrefutable

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Bombastic

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Meaning: high sounding, pretentious

Sentence: Varun sounds bombastic even though he’s a complete prick

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Impecunious

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Meaning: having little or no money

Sentence: I’m always impecunious since I’ve never earned a dollar in my life

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Abnegation

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Meaning: self denial

Sentence: Gandhi ji lived a life of abnegation and austerity

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Stanched

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Meaning: stop the flow of

Sentence: my semen gets stanched after three rounds of jerking off in a day

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Loquacious

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Meaning: talkative

Sentence: manika is a very loquacious person to say the least

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Alacrity

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Meaning: promptness, readiness

Sentence: Freshers in college always have this alacrity to take part in stuff

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Rhapsody

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Meaning: feeling of enthusiasm

Sentence: I have no rhapsody to go out now days

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Novelty

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Meaning: state of being new or unique

Sentence: Pokemon go is currently the biggest novelty factor in the world

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Premonitory
Meaning: serving to warn before hand Sentence: my mom always gives premonitory warnings about my female friends
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Abase
Meaning: to disgrace Sentence: Shivish thinks all I do is abase him
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Approbation
Meaning: approval and praise Sentence: getting approbation from Shan for any encounter with any girl is super hard
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Anoint
Meaning: to apply or sprinkle on Sentence: to protect yourself from mosquitos you anoint an ointment called Odomos
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Base
Meaning: morally low Sentence: Sid is the epitome of baseness
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Debased
Meaning: lower in rank Sentence: after the last couple of years masque is no longer debased compared to ibtida
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Normative
Meaning: pertaining to a particular norm Sentence: Modi ensures that all his policies and decisions are normative in nature
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Jettison
Meaning: discard Sentence: I'll jettison all my fears of getting beaten up if I ever get to bang R
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Distill
Meaning: to purify Sentence: mom uses Ganga jal to distill our souls
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Pernicious
Meaning: deadly Sentence: even mrinal acknowledges the pernicious effects of heroin
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Discomfit
Meaning 1: to confuse or deject Sentence 1: it is very easy to discomfit SM because she's stupid Meaning 2: to thwart Sentence 2: I discomfited any hopes of making up with SM after I made jokes on very sensitive subjects
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Demagogue
Meaning: one who arouses support through negative sentiment that Taps into the prejudices and emotions of people Sentence: Donald trump is the worst demagogue America has ever seen
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Hirsute
Meaning: hairy Sentence: Gautam was the most hirsute of us all during puberty
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Belletristic
Meaning: literary works that are very aesthetic and fined; can mean pompous Sentence: the Belletristic nature of the ESS books made me take pol Econ
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Pith
Meaning: the crux of the issue Sentence: I'm not someone who can ever get straight to the pith of the issue.
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Monastic
Meaning: pertaining to monasteries Sentence: the citadel in old town has the best monastic library in all of westeros
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Immolate
Meaning: to sacrifice Sentence: I'm having to immolate numerous parties for my stupid GRE
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Proclivity
Meaning: habitual inclination towards Sentence: I always have a sense of proclivity towards non veg times on any menu
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Hankering
Meaning: craving Sentence: I have a hankering for a relationship that hasn't been satisfied for a while
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Mimetic
Meaning: exhibiting mimicry or imitation Sentence: Dhiren is good at the mimicry of politicians
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Disdain/ contempt
Meaning: to regard as worthless or with scorn Sentence: I look at Sid with a lot of disdain/contempt
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Rue
Synonym: remorse Meaning: feeling sorrow or regret Sentence: I sometimes feel rue thinking back upon my last year of school
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Truculent
Meaning: savage Sentence: John Oliver's attack on Donald trump was nothing short of truculent
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Imperious
Meaning: domineering in a haughty manner Sentence: Subhendu was the most domineering director I have ever worked with
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Partisan
Meaning: biased Sentence: the NDTV is the most partisan news agency we have
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Exhaustive
Meaning: a very large number Sentence: one has to learn an exhaustive number of words for the GRE
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Ostentatious
Meaning: showing off and intending to impress Sentence: MSVV people only throw ostentatious parties to display their opulence

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