Indian Express Flashcards
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Forges
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Making or shaping
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Perpetrators
A
Person who carries harmful or immoral act
3
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Brazeness
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Something done shamelessly
4
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Transgressing
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Misbehave
5
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Poignant
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Evoking a keen sense of sadness & regret
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Rhetoric
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The art of effective or persuasive writing or speaking
7
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Subtle
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Making use of clever & indirect methods
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Percolate
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Filler gradually through a porous surface
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Permeate
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Spread through
10
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Cogent
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Convincing
11
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Fissure
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- State of incompatiblity
2. Opening
12
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Legitmacy
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Ability to defence with logic or justification
13
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Orchestration
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Planning to elements to produce desired effects
14
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Caveat
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Warning
15
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Conduit
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Channel (Pass Through)
16
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Deterrence
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The action of discouraging an action due to fear of consequences
17
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Mortified
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Embarrased
18
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Decimation
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Killing a large no. Of population
19
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Surmise
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Suppose something is true w/o evidence
20
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Machnismo
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Strong aggressive masculine
21
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Equestrian
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Relating to horse riding
22
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Stupor
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Insensibility
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Absolve
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Declared free from guilt
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Swamped
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Flooded
25
Teleology
Doctrine of design & Purpose in matter world
26
Radical
Thorough
27
Unputdownable
(Of a book) so engrossed that one cannot stop reading
28
Eschewed
Deliberately avoid using
29
Frevour
Intense & Passionate Feeling
30
Rigour
Mericulousness (the quality of being extremely thorough)
31
Decried
Denounce publically
32
Hue
Shade
33
Tinker
Attempt to repair something in a casual manner
34
Contentious
Controversial
35
Precarious
Uncertain
36
Ad valorem tax
Tax based on the value
37
Teething problems
Short term problems that arise in early stage
38
Illustrious
Well known, respected and admired for past achievements
39
Enthralled
Capture the fascinated attention Of
40
Demure
Reserve, modest and shy
41
Flitting
Move swiftly and lightly
42
Montage
Technique of selecting, editing, piecing together separate selections of film to form a continuous whole
43
Pioneer
First person to research and develop a new area of knowledge or activity
44
Trailblazing
Discovering new outdoor trails
45
Synonymous
Closely associated
46
Disseminating
Spread widely
47
Receptive
Willing to consider and accept new suggestions
48
Smitten
Be strongly attracted to someone or something
49
Guzzle
Eat or drink (Greedily)
50
Besotted (Infatuated)
Inspired with an intense but short lived passion
51
Ode
A classical poem
52
Bequeathed
Leave property for a person by will
53
Deternt
Intended to discourage someone
54
Curated
Select, Organise and look after the items
55
Cosmic
Related to the universe
56
Conflation
The merging of two or more set of information
57
Misogyny
Dislike of content of or ingrained prejudice against women
58
Ogling
Stare at in a lecherous manner
59
Helming
Steering or directing
60
Tormentor
A person who inflicts severe mental or physical suffering
61
Abuser
A person who uses something for bad purpose
62
Barb
Projection made from ship hook
63
Exorcise
Completely remove from one’s memory
64
Hue and cry
Commotion ( loud clamour)
65
Ostensibly
Apparently
66
Menace
A person or thing that id likely to cause harm
67
Procreate
To produce off spring
68
Primatologist
People who study primates
69
Perils
Serious and immediate danger
70
Marred
Impair the quality or appearance of
71
Ubiquitous
Present, appearing or found everywhere
72
Sagacity
Wisdom or intelligence
73
Goose
A foolish person
74
Impending
About to happen
75
Oust
Drive out or expel from a position
76
Meddling
Interfere in something that is not one’s concern
77
Relentless
Persistent
78
Coerced
Persuade to do something by using force or threats
79
Nuke
Attack or destroy with nuclear weapons
80
Monochromatic
Containing only one colour
81
Dint
A dent or hollow on the surface
82
Podgy
Fat and chubby
83
Frugal
Simple and plain and costing little
84
Convalescing
Recover one’s health and strength
85
Facade
A deceptive outward appearance
86
Stilly
Quiet with little movement
87
Puritanical
Moralistic
88
Brevity
Shortness of time
89
Doughty
Persistent and brave
90
Un flamboyant
Not tending to attract attention because of their exuberance And confidence
91
Saddle
Burden(someone) with an onerous responsibility or task
92
Buttress
A source of defence or support
93
Modest
Unassuming in the estimation of one’s ability
94
Treason
The action of betraying someone or thing
95
Assailed
Criticised strongly
96
Bandwagon
An activity or cause that has suddenly become popular or fashionable
97
Insurmountable
Too great to be overcome
98
Etiologies
The manner of causation of disease or condition
99
Resilience
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties
100
Unipolar
Characterised by either depressive or maniac episodes but not both
101
Digression
A temperory departure from the main subject in speech or writing
102
Tarnish
Make less valuable or respected
103
Catastrophe
Disaster
104
Honorific
Showing respect
105
Devour
Eat hungrily or quickly
To be totally absorbed by something powerful
106
Castigate
Reprimand someone severly
107
Civility
Formal politeness & Courtesy in behaviour of speech
108
Blimp
Airship or Barrage balloon
109
Impunity
Exemption from punishment from the consequences of an action
110
Stoke
Encourage or incite
111
Embolden
Give the courage &confidence to do something
112
Bigot
A person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.
113
Guise
Likeness
114
Saboteur
Person engaged in sabotage
115
Subterfuge
Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal
116
Oblique
Indirectly
117
Proliferation
Rapidly increase in the no. Of something
118
Tripartite
Shared by or involving three parties
119
Meritocratic
An elite group of people whose progress is based on talent rather than class privilege or wealth
120
Reinvigorate
Give new energy or strength to
121
Slender
Barely sufficient in amount
122
Conducive
Beneficial
123
Amply
Enough or more than enough
124
Vitiate
Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of
125
Incarceration
The state of being confined in the prison
126
Resilience
The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties
127
Labyrinthine
Irregular & twisting
128
Wrought
Beaten out or shaped by hammer
129
Eminence
An important or distinguished person
130
Indoctrinating
The process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
131
Caliphate
Chief Muslim civil & religious ruler
132
Userper
A person who takes a position of power or importance illegally/force
133
Fallacious
False
134
Crèche
A nursery where babies/ young children are cared during the working day
135
Writ
A piece or body of writing
136
Marooned
Leave trapped & alone man accessible place
137
Calamitous
Disastrous
138
Defunct
No longer existing or functional
139
Inundation
Flood
140
Unrelenting
Implacable (not yielding in strength, severity or determinating)
141
Cavernous
Vast
142
Trod or tread
Walk in a specific way
143
Warily
Carefully
144
Transpired
Be revealed
145
Perilous
Full of danger of risk
146
Enlivened
Make more entertaining/interesting
147
Kibosh
Put an end to
148
Parochialism
Narrow mindedness
149
Perilously
Dangerously
150
Plagued
Cause continuous trouble or distress to
151
Cursory
Hasty & therefore not thorough or detailed
152
Scepting
Not easily convinced
153
Garnered
Gather or collect
154
Blaspheme
Speak irrelevantly about God or sacred things
155
Toppled
Overbalance or cause to overbalance &fall
156
Rudderless
Lacking a clear sense of one’s aim or principles
