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1
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Abate

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Become less intense

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aberrant

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deviant

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aberrant

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deviant/deviating

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abeyance

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suspend

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absolve

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declare free from guilt or punishment

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abstemious

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Indulge moderately in something

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acolyte

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an assistant or follower.

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acrimony

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bitterness or ill feeling

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adulation

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excessive admiration

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affectation

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pretension, pretend karne

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Alleviate

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Make less severe

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allusive

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using indirect references

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altruism

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unselfishness

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Ameliorate

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Make Better

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Anarchy

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Absense of Gov OR Abosolute freedom

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antipathy

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dislike/hatred

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Apprise

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to inform

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approbation

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approval,praise

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approbation

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praise

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Artless

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natural

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Ascetic

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Severe self discipline

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Asinine

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Very stupid, chutiya

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Aspersion

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Attack on reputation

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Assail

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make violent attack on

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Assiduous

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Showing great care

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Alacrity

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Readiness, willingness

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Attenuate

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Reduce the effect

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attuned

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adjust, adapt

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Audacious

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bold

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austere

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strict, kathor

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austere

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Severe or strict

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Aver

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stating something

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Banal

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Not original or boring

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Belie

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Fail to justify or fail to give true impression

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belligerent

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hostile, aggresive

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Beneficient

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generous

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Benighted

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Moral ignorance

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Berate

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scold/criticize angrily

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bereft of

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abate

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blithe

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careless,uncaring

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Bombastic

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high sound with little meaning.

Dada has a bombastic rhetoric

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Boorish

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Rude

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brooked

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tolerated/allowed

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Bucolic

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Rural Pleasant

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Burgeon

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Begin to grow

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Burnish

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Polish

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Cacophonous

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harsh sound

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callous

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kathor

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calloused

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having no sympathy for others

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candor

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frank,open,honest

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cant

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hypocritical and sanctimonious

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Capricious

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Sudden change in behaviour

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castigation

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Severe Criticism

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causality

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influence by which ek event dusrya event laa produce karto

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chicanery

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Dhong karun kaam karun ghene

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circumvent

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find a way around

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clannish

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tending to exclude others outside the group.

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Coercion

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Force/impulsion

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coercion

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zabardasti

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commend

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praise formally/officially

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Compendium

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Notes sarkha

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complacency

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Self approbation like smug

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Complaisant

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Willing to please others

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comprehend

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understand

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Conciliatory

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Pacify or intended

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concomitant

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naturally accompanying or associated

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condescension

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superiority

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Condone

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accept behaviour that is considered morally wrong

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Confound

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cause surprise or confusion

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congenial

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like-minded, compatible

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conjecture

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guess, speculate
make a decision based on incomplete information

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consign

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assign

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consiliatory

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placatory, make less hostile

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consolidate

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combine into a single more effective or coherent whole.

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consternation

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anxiety/dismay

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contemporary

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living or occuring at the same time

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Contentious

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Controversial

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Contentious

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controversial

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Conundrum

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confusing or prashnat taknara

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Convoluted

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Complex

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Cosmopolitan

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Modern

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craven

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cowardly

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Credence

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acceptance as true

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decorum

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polite and respectful in public

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Decorum

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polite behaviour that is appropriate in a social situation (Propriety)

86
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decorum

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having good taste
“he had acted with the utmost decorum”

87
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deference

A

Polite submission and respect

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Delineate

A

Describe or Portray

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Demotic

A

language used by ordinary people

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Demur

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raise objection

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Denigrate

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Criticize

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denouement

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the end of a play, book, etc., where everything is explained or settled

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depraved

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wicked/corrupt

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Desiccate

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Remove moisture or become dry

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desultory

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lacking of plan or enthusiasm

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detrimental

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causing harm

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diatribe

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verbal attack

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Dichotomy

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Division between two entirely different things

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Diffidence

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Shyness due to lack of confidence

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diffuse

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spread over wide area

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disabuse

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persuade that an idea or belief is mistaken

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disabuse

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persuade someone to do right

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Discordant

A

disagreeing

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Discount

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Jaila consider kela jat nahi

I heard rumours, but discounted them.

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Discrepancy

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lack of compatibilty

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discrete

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distinct

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Disingenuous

A

bhola ashnya cha natak karne

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dissent

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disagreement, difference of opinion

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efface

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erase(A mark) from a surface

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efficacy

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ability to produce desired result

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Egalitarian

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Belief of equality

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elicited

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baaher kadhne, evoke, to draw out

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elucidate

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spasht karne

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elusive

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difficult to find/catch/achieve

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emending

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make correction/revisions of

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empirical

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based on observation/experience and not logic/theory

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encumbered

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restrict (action/movement)

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engender

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give rise to

Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy.

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Enunciated

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Clear Pronunciation

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errant

A

breaking rules

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espouse

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adopt/support

The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.

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exhilarated

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thrilled

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exhilarated

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very happy

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expediency

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convenience

He acted out of expediency, not principle

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fallability

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make mistakes

“technology is not a cure for human fallibility”

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fanatic

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extreme excitement

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Fatuous

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Silly or stupid

“a fatuous comment”

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Fatuous

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silly and pointless

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feign

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pretend

fena hin lena- this
advertisement trying to
mislead others

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fettered

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chain around ankles, restrain

jail chya mansala fetter kartat mhanje bandhun thevtat chains ni

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Feud

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fight

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Fleeting

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Temporary

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forsake

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sodun dene

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grandiloquent

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extravagant

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Ignominious

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causing public disgrace

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imminent

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about to happen

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imperatives

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an essential or urgent thing

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Impervious

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Impenetrable

im(not)+pravesh(enter)
so unpenetrable…

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Insular

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Narrow Minded

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intransigence

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refuse to change ones view

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intricate

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complicated
| Intricate circuits

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intrigue

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fascinate/arouse curiosity

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Inured

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To get used to something

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jargon

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secret words used so that others don’t understand

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jeopardize

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endanger

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Lackluster

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lacking, uninspired, dull

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Laconic

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Speak few words

148
Q

Lakshat Kiti ahe ???????

A

Dhun🔫

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Largesse

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Big Fancy Gifts

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latitude

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freedom of action/thought

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leavened

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modify or lightend

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lethargy

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lazy

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ludicrous

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foolish/unreasonable

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mar

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spoil

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martinet

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a person who is very disciplined and strict, obedient

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mediocre

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not very good

of average quality

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menial

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not requiring much skill

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Misanthropic

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disliking humankind

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obviate

A

remove

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Opinionated

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Dogmatic

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Pacify

A

ragat aslela mansa laa shant karne

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Pastoral

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Rural Pleasant

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Philandering

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Committing Adultery

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Philantropic

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Charitable

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Platonic

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Non Sexual

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profundity

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great depth of insight or knowledge

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promulgate

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promote

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Proofing

A

atta laa phoogavtat naa te

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provocative

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annoying/irritating

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Rancorous

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bitter

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redundancy

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no longer useful

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redundant

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not useful

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reprimand/castigate

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disapproval

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Sanctimonious

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Show one superior than others

175
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savour

A

taste

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self adulation

A

having high opinion of oneself

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Simian

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Ape-like

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spurious

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fake

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stint

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supply ungenerous/inadequate amount of

180
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subvert

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overthrow, destabilize, unsettle
| Undermine the power

181
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superfluous

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unnecessary

182
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surmise

A

supposing something is true without evidence

PREmise -> based on a
fact. SIJRmise based
on an intuition

183
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Surreal

A

Unreal

184
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tout

A

attempt to sell

185
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trepidation

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fear that something might happen

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trivial

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of little value or importance

187
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tussle

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a vigorous struggle to obtain something

“there was a tussle for the ball”

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tyrant

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cruel ruler, related to tyrannical

189
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ubiquitous

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easily available

190
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unanimous

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fully in agreement

191
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unfeigned

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genuine,sincere

192
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univocal

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having only one meaning

193
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vacillate

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indecisive, jump from one opinion to another

194
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vanity

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pride

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vapid

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bland

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Verdant

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Abundant

197
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vestige

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trace or remnant of something that is disappearing

198
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vindictive

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strong desire to take revenge

199
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vogue

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popular/fashionable

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Whimsical

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moody

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rumination

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a deep or considered thought about something.

202
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Accede

A

agree to

“the authorities did not accede to the strikers’ demands”

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