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Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Resounding speech/victory

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To echo or ring with sound; To be celebrated or notably important; uttered loudly.

Eg: His name resounds in the pages of history.

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Render

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To cause; to do; to provide; to perform; to deliver; etcetera.

Eg: To Render aid/a service/a verdict.

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A Ballot

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Aprocess of voting. A slip or sheet of paper, machine, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote; voting in general or a round of voting.

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Turbulent

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Being in a state of agitation or tumult; essentially disturbed; given to acts of aggression and violence.

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Tumult

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Highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling; Violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar.

Eg: The tumult reached its height during the premier’s speech

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Paradox

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Seemingly absurd or self-contradictory; but in reality may seem true.

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Sequel

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Something that takes place after or as a result of an earlier event; a result or consequence.

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Dissent

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Hold or express opinions that are at variance with the ones that are commonly or officially expressed; basically to differ in opinion or sentiment.

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Exemplify

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To show or illustrate by example;

Eg: The series of Sherlock exemplify the zenith of man’s thinking.

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Reproach

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To express one’s disappointment in their actions.

Eg: Her friends reproached her for her behaviour.

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Gorge

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To fill oneself with food; eat a large amount greedily; Also it means a narrow valley.

Eg: He gorged an entire pie all by himself.

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Alchemy

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A magical power or process of transformation, creation or combination.

Eg: Finding the person who’s right for you requires a very subtle alchemy.

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Catastrophe

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An event causing great and unusually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster.

Eg: An environmental catastrophe.

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Interweave

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To weave/blend/mix together; intertwine.

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

Eg: Aesthetic sense.

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Philosophy

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A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for one’s behaviour.

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Variegated

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Marked by variety;

Eg: The subject’s variegated strands or his variegated observations.

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Timid

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Showing lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.

Eg: He was too timid to ask for what he wanted. His timid behaviour was the reason behind the failure of his interview.

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Resolute

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Admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering.

Eg: He was resolute in his fight to uphold liberal values.

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Irresolute

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Showing hesitancy or feeling hesitant; uncertain or not sure of.

21
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Transcend

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To pass beyond the limits of; To be greater than; surpass someone or something; to exist above.

Eg: Emotions that transcend understanding. Love that transcends infatuation. Transcend the phenomena.

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Extol

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To praise enthusiastically.

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Ameliorate

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To make ( something bad or unsatisfactory ) better.

Eg: The new policy schemes have done much to ameliorate living standards of the poor.

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Appraise

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To asses the value or quality of; to asses the performance; to set a price or value; estimate; quote.

They appraised the jewels at Rs. 13 lakhs.

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Lament

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A passionate expression of grief or sorrow or disappointment; a complaint:

26
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Intemperence

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Excess

27
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Parvenus

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Means that one has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it.

Eg: Little parvenus - young upstarts.

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Didactic

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Making moral observations

Eg: The author’s tone was didactic.

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Pedagogy

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The art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods.

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Dietetic

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Pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.

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Dialect

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Provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard.

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Diatonic

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(of a scale, interval, etc.) involving only notes proper to the prevailing key without chromatic alteration.

(of a melody or harmony) constructed from a diatonic scale.

33
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Diastolic

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Referring to the time when the heart is in a period of relaxation and dilatation (expansion).

Noun form: Diastole

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Amenable

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Ready or willing to answer; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable:

Eg: An amenable servant.

Liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible.

Eg: You are amenable for this debt.

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Artifact/Artefact

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Any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use.

36
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Federal

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Pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.

37
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Deploy

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(Military)to spread out (troops) so as to form an extended front or line.

To arrange in a position of readiness, or to move strategically or appropriately.

Eg: To deploy a battery of new missiles.

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Canon of

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A fundamental principle or general rule.

Eg: The canons of good behavior; in the canon of the humanities and social sciences.

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Manifest

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Readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain.

Eg: A manifest error.

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Manifesto

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A public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.

Eg: No party fulfills their manifesto.

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Materialize

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To come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out; bringing it in ACTION.

Eg: Materialize your plans and see what wonders it would work for you.

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Insidious

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Operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect; deceitful.

Eg: An insidious disease/plan/troop.

43
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Tacit

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Understood without being openly expressed; implied; silent; saying nothing; unvoiced or unspoken:

Eg: tacit approval; a tacit partner; a tacit prayer; a tacit proposal.

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Notorious

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Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed; widely and unfavourably known.

Eg: He is a very notorious student indeed; A notorious gambler; A newspaper that is notorious for its sensationalism.

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Columnists

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The writer or editor of a newspaper or magazine column.

46
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Malign

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To speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame.

Eg: To malign an honorable man.

47
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Coup

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A highly successful; unexpected move; clever action or accomplishment.
Eg: The military staged four coups in the last few decades.

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