Meaning pt 2 Flashcards
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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
Showing great care
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Alacrity
Readiness, willingness
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Attenuate
Reduce the effect
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attuned
adjust, adapt
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Audacious
bold
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austere
strict, kathor
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austere
Severe or strict
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Aver
stating something
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Banal
Not original or boring
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Belie
Fail to justify or fail to give true impression
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belligerent
hostile, aggresive
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Beneficient
generous
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Benighted
Moral ignorance
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Berate
scold/criticize angrily
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bereft of
abate
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blithe
careless,uncaring
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Bombastic
high sound with little meaning.
| Dada has a bombastic rhetoric
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Boorish
Rude
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brooked
tolerated/allowed
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Bucolic
Rural Pleasant
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Burgeon
Begin to grow
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Burnish
Polish
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Cacophonous
harsh sound
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callous
kathor
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calloused
having no sympathy for others
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candor
frank,open,honest
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cant
hypocritical and sanctimonious
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Capricious
Sudden change in behaviour
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castigation
Severe Criticism
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causality
influence by which ek event dusrya event laa produce karto
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chicanery
Dhong karun kaam karun ghene
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circumvent
find a way around
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clannish
tending to exclude others outside the group.
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Coercion
Force/impulsion
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coercion
zabardasti
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commend
praise formally/officially
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Compendium
Notes sarkha
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complacency
Self approbation like smug
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Complaisant
Willing to please others
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comprehend
understand
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Conciliatory
Pacify or intended
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concomitant
naturally accompanying or associated
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condescension
superiority
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Condone
accept behaviour that is considered morally wrong
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Confound
cause surprise or confusion
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congenial
like-minded, compatible
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conjecture
guess, speculate
make a decision based on incomplete information
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consign
assign
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consiliatory
placatory, make less hostile
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consolidate
combine into a single more effective or coherent whole.
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consternation
anxiety/dismay
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contemporary
living or occuring at the same time
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Contentious
Controversial
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Contentious
controversial
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Conundrum
confusing or prashnat taknara
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Convoluted
Complex
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Cosmopolitan
Modern
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craven
cowardly
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Credence
acceptance as true
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decorum
polite and respectful in public
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Decorum
polite behaviour that is appropriate in a social situation (Propriety)
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decorum
having good taste
"he had acted with the utmost decorum"
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deference
Polite submission and respect
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Delineate
Describe or Portray
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Demotic
language used by ordinary people
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Demur
raise objection
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Denigrate
Criticize
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denouement
the end of a play, book, etc., where everything is explained or settled
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depraved
wicked/corrupt
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Desiccate
Remove moisture or become dry
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desultory
lacking of plan or enthusiasm
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detrimental
causing harm
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diatribe
verbal attack
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Dichotomy
Division between two entirely different things
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Diffidence
Shyness due to lack of confidence
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diffuse
spread over wide area
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disabuse
persuade that an idea or belief is mistaken
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disabuse
persuade someone to do right
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Discordant
disagreeing
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Discount
Jaila consider kela jat nahi
I heard rumours, but discounted them.
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Discrepancy
lack of compatibilty
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discrete
distinct
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Disingenuous
bhola ashnya cha natak karne
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dissent
disagreement, difference of opinion
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efface
erase(A mark) from a surface
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efficacy
ability to produce desired result
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Egalitarian
Belief of equality
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elicited
baaher kadhne, evoke, to draw out
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elucidate
spasht karne
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elusive
difficult to find/catch/achieve
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emending
make correction/revisions of
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empirical
based on observation/experience and not logic/theory
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encumbered
restrict (action/movement)
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engender
give rise to
| Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy.
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Enunciated
Clear Pronunciation
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errant
breaking rules
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espouse
adopt/support
| The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.
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exhilarated
thrilled
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exhilarated
very happy
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expediency
convenience
| He acted out of expediency, not principle
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fallability
make mistakes
| "technology is not a cure for human fallibility"
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fanatic
extreme excitement
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Fatuous
Silly or stupid
| "a fatuous comment"
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Fatuous
silly and pointless
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feign
pretend
| fena hin lena- this
advertisement trying to
mislead others
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fettered
chain around ankles, restrain
jail chya mansala fetter kartat mhanje bandhun thevtat chains ni
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Feud
fight
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Fleeting
Temporary
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forsake
sodun dene
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grandiloquent
extravagant
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Ignominious
causing public disgrace
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imminent
about to happen
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imperatives
an essential or urgent thing
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Impervious
Impenetrable
| im(not)+pravesh(enter)
so unpenetrable...
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Insular
Narrow Minded
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intransigence
refuse to change ones view
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intricate
complicated
| Intricate circuits
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intrigue
fascinate/arouse curiosity
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Inured
To get used to something
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jargon
secret words used so that others don't understand
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jeopardize
endanger
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Lackluster
lacking, uninspired, dull
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Laconic
Speak few words
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Lakshat Kiti ahe ???????
Dhun🔫
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Largesse
Big Fancy Gifts
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latitude
freedom of action/thought
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leavened
modify or lightend
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lethargy
lazy
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ludicrous
foolish/unreasonable
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mar
spoil
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martinet
a person who is very disciplined and strict, obedient
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mediocre
not very good
of average quality
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menial
not requiring much skill
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Misanthropic
disliking humankind
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obviate
remove
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Opinionated
Dogmatic
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Pacify
ragat aslela mansa laa shant karne
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Pastoral
Rural Pleasant
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Philandering
Committing Adultery
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Philantropic
Charitable
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Platonic
Non Sexual
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profundity
great depth of insight or knowledge
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promulgate
promote
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Proofing
atta laa phoogavtat naa te
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provocative
annoying/irritating
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Rancorous
bitter
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redundancy
no longer useful
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redundant
not useful
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reprimand/castigate
disapproval
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Sanctimonious
Show one superior than others
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savour
taste
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self adulation
having high opinion of oneself
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Simian
Ape-like
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spurious
fake
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stint
supply ungenerous/inadequate amount of
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subvert
overthrow, destabilize, unsettle
| Undermine the power
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superfluous
unnecessary
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surmise
supposing something is true without evidence
| PREmise -> based on a
fact. SIJRmise based
on an intuition
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Surreal
Unreal
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tout
attempt to sell
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trepidation
fear that something might happen
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trivial
of little value or importance
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tussle
a vigorous struggle to obtain something
"there was a tussle for the ball"
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tyrant
cruel ruler, related to tyrannical
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ubiquitous
easily available
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unanimous
fully in agreement
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unfeigned
genuine,sincere
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univocal
having only one meaning
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vacillate
indecisive, jump from one opinion to another
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vanity
pride
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vapid
bland
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Verdant
Abundant
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vestige
trace or remnant of something that is disappearing
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vindictive
strong desire to take revenge
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vogue
popular/fashionable
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Whimsical
moody
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rumination
a deep or considered thought about something.
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Accede
agree to
| "the authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands"
