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delves

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reach inside a receptacle and search for something.

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flagrancy

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shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.

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moot

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debatable, irrelevant

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macabre

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death related

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articulate

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elaborately explained, having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

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palaver

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verb: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
Pal+forever; What do we do when we are with our best friends (pal + forever). We endlessly gossip and babble anything. 4 0.

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temerity

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audacity

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genuflected

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lower one’s body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect.

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pelagic

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The pelagic zone refers to open and free waters in the body of the ocean that stretch between the ocean surface and the ocean bottom

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froward

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(of a person) difficult to deal with; contrary.

eg of froward - Roland Schitt

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succor

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aid, assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.

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effete

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weakened

EFFETE = EFFECT + NAHI = INEFFECTUAL.

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semantics

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means the meaning and interpretation of words

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obfuscation

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means the act of confusing or obscuring,

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verbiage

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verbose

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pensive

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thoughtful

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propinquity

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a closeness or similar to

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quiescence

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inactivity or dormancy

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singular

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remarkable

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kindred

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ones family and relations

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esurient

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hungry or greedy

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blather

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palaver

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oratory

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place of worship, chapel-like

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preponderance

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the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
myriad

pre- pond- e - rance. Consider only pond and d(r)ance .. Earlier times witnessed lot of kings enjoying dance with decorations around ponds and lakes !! So this means superiority of power, quality.

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impotent

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helpless or powerless.

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larceny

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theft of personal property.; theft, stealing , robbery

larceny(very close to COMPANY NAME LARCEN & TURBO..)…. SO theives theft a great sum from larcen and turbo office.

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sardonic

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grimly mocking/ satirical/ sarcastic

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dissemble

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conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.; deceive

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seminal

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containing the seeds for later development

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antecede

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precede

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encomium

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a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.0; panegyric

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essay

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attempt or effort

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rococo

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its a style of art

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paramour

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a lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.; mistress types

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assignation

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rendezvous; date; appointment; meeting

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filibuster

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-act in an obstructive manner in a legislative assembly, especially by speaking at inordinate length.
“he was one of four Tories who filibustered for more than 30 minutes each to derail the free parking plan”
aka delaying tactics

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ruse

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n. an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.

“Emma tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house”

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riposte

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make a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.

“‘You’ve got a strange sense of honour,’ Grant riposted”

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impetus

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momentum; something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly.
plural noun: impetuses
“the ending of the Cold War gave new impetus to idealism”

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abnegation

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self-denial; the action of renouncing or rejecting something.

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subjugation

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the action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.

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ramification

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consequence; result; aftermath

Ram jaldi se fix kar de nahi toh be ready for ramification

The word ramification contains word cation. Cation sounds similar to action. After performing an action, we look for possible result of an action. Therefore, ramification means the possible result of an action.

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precept

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tenet; principle; rule; doctrine

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indigence

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a state of extreme poverty; destitution.

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axiomatic

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unquestionable.

“it is axiomatic that dividends have to be financed”

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ludicrous

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so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.
“it’s ludicrous that I have been fined”
absurd

ridiculous

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subsume

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include or absorb (something) in something else.

“most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories”

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soliloquy

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“Edmund ends the scene as he had begun it, with a soliloquy”; monologue

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salacious

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having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters.

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unpremeditated

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spontaneous

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