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1
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candor

A

the quality of being open and honest; frankness.; ingenuous

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assent

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agreement

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ascent

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uphill climb

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dissent

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disagreement

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descent

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downhill climb

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modishness

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state of being fashionable

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conservancy

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noun. personal knowledge or information about someone or something. synonyms: acquaintance, conversancy, familiarity.

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balkanized

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divide (a region or body) into smaller mutually hostile states or groups.

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balk

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hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.

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aquiline

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like an eagle.

(of a person’s nose) hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.

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sophistry

A

the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving.
“trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry”
a fallacious argument.
syn - quibbling

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sinecure

A

well-paid position with little responsibility

Mnemonics: – I HAVE A SECURE, SINECURE JOB AND ALL THAT I HAVE TO DO IS TO SIGN AND OBTAIN 7 CRORES A DAY.

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insinuated

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suggest

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disquiet

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a feeling of worry or unease.
“public disquiet about animal testing”
Disquiet = D + is + quiet. If a baby ‘is quiet’ just after birth in spite of crying, it will make the doctors tense/anxious.
syn chagrin, dismay

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comestible

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edible

Comestible -> Eaten food provides energy because it is Combustible in stomach. here mes ( mess) & tible (table) ,,together it becomes mess the table with food…….

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infirmity

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physical or mental weakness.

in +firm = not firm

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abettor

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a person who encourages or assists someone to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.

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unforthcoming

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uncooperative

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ossify and inure difference??

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ossify - harden (make solid plans jaisa)

inure - harden to something unpleasant

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ribald

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humorously vulgar

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reprisal

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re + uprise; retaliation

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upend

A

set or turn (something) on its end or upside down.

“she upended a can of soup over the portions”

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procure

A

obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
;2 persuade or cause (someone) to do something.
“he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account”

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bald

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not having any extra detail or explanation; plain or blunt.
“the bald statement in the preceding paragraph requires amplification”
plain, simple, unadorned

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redoubtable

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inspiring fear

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equable

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not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered.

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priggish

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self-righteously moralistic and superior.

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prurient

A

having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.
“she’d been the subject of much prurient curiosity”
syn - lascivious, salacious,licentious

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puritanical

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moralistic, seedha-saadha;

having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex.

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insidious

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proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects.
“sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem”
stealthy; surreptitious

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indoctrinated

A

teach (a person or group) to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
“broadcasting was a vehicle for indoctrinating the masses”
Similar:
brainwash
propagandize
proselytize

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vivacious

A

attractively lively and animated (typically used of a woman).

33
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fetid

A

smelling extremely unpleasant.

34
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lobbying

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seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.

syn - importune

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skulk

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keep out of sight, typically with a sinister or cowardly motive.
“don’t skulk outside the door like a spy!”

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sinister

A 
giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
"there was something sinister about that murmuring voice"
Similar:
menacing
threatening
ominous
forbidding
baleful
37
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premeditated

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characterized by fully conscious willful intent and a measure of forethought and planning premeditated murder.

38
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pathologize

A

regard or treat as psychologically abnormal.

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amenable

A

open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
MN - docile

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incipient

A

beginning to happen or develop.

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nebulous

A

(of a concept) vague or ill-defined.

“nebulous concepts like quality of life”

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walloped

A 
strike or hit very hard.
"they walloped the back of his head with a stick"
Similar:
hit
strike
beat
;2 heavily defeat
43
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pallid

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1pale;2insipid

44
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importunate

A

persistent

45
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consternation

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a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
“to her consternation her car wouldn’t start”
Similar:
dismay perturbation chagrin disquiet

divide it like con(conflicts)+ster(stir)+nation.. conflicts in gujrat stirred the whole nation..&people feared a lot from going out of their homes. 6 4.

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sullied

A

damage the purity or integrity of.
“they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name”
syn - besmirched

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undercutting

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offer goods or services at a lower price than (a competitor).
“these industries have been undercut by more efficient foreign producers”

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noxious

A

harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

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drone

A 
make a continuous low humming sound.
"in the far distance a machine droned"
Similar:
hum
buzz
50
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arbitrator

A

an independent person or body officially appointed to settle a dispute.
“the facts of the case are put to an independent arbitrator”
Similar:
adjudicator
arbiter
judge
umpire

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