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Mughal Vocab Flashcards

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Descendant

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One originating or coming from an ancestral source

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Covet

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To desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably

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Steppe

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One of the vast, usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia

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Detectable

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Able to be discovered or noticed

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Gradient

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Rate of sloping ascent or descent: inclination

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Oasis

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Something that provides refuge, relief or pleasant contrast

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Quadrant

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Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two real or imaginary lines that intersect each other at right angles

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Daunt

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To lessen the courage of, cow, subdue

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Destine

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To designate, assign, or dedicate in advance

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Fortress

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A place strengthened and secured for defensive purposes, stronghold

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Legendary

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Well known, famous

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Plunder

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Goods and other items taken by force, loot, spoil

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Complement

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The quantity, number, or assortment required to make a thing complete

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Laborious

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Involving or characterized by hard or toilsome effort

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Resilience

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The capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape

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Rivet

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A headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces

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Adjacent

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Not distant, nearby

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Breach

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To make a gap or rupture in

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Demoralize

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To weaken the morale of, discourage, dispirit

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Don

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To put on (an article of clothing)

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Garrison

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A military post, especially a permanent military installation

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Matchlock

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A type of musket requiring a slow burning match to ignite it’s charge

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Saffron

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A moderate orange to orange yellow color

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Arid

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Excessively dry

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Folly

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An act characterized by lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight

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Grandee

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A man of elevated rank or station

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Gild

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To overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold

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Parched

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Deprived of natural moisture

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Reservoir

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An artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use

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Tolerance

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Sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own

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Bauble

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A thing of little value, trinket, trifle

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Consolidate

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To make firm or secure, strengthen

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Exquisite

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Marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution

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Frivolous

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Of little weight or importance

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Lapis lazuli

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A semiprecious stone that is usually rich blue

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Mystic

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Having magical properties

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Precedent

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Something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent similar act

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Alteration

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A change that does not destroy or completely transform the original, modification

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Marvel

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Someone or something that causes wonder or astonishment

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Mausoleum

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A large tomb, especially a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground

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Minaret

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A tall, slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried

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Podium

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A raised platform (as in a hall or large room), dais

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Prohibit

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To forbid by authority

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Solace

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A source of relief or consolation

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Caravan

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A company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions

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Guerrilla war

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Irregular warfare especially as undertaken by independent units carrying out harassment and sabotage

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Subdue

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To conquer and bring into subjection, vanquish

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Synonymous

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Having the same connotations, implications, or reference

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Devastate

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To bring to ruin or desolation by violent action

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Immortalize

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To guard from death or oblivion, to give unending life

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Inherent

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Involved in the constitution or essential character of something, belonging by nature or habit

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Insurrection

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An act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government

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Supremacy

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The quality or state of being highest in rank or authority

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