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Regnant

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Dominant

The regnant commanders commanded their armies in the battle field

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Stipulate

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Specify, set forth

He stipulated certain conditions before their marriage.

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Enactment

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Passing a law, performance

We support the call for enactment of a bill for woman rights.

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Transpire

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Happened, revealed, give off water vapour through stomata (botany)

It transpired that Ali is liable for the damage caused.

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Castration

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Removal of testicles

Rapist must be punished with death sentence or chemical castration

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Kleptocrat

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A ruler who use power to steal the country’s resources.

Out country need leaders instead of kleptocrats.

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Exodus

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Mass departure

There has been a mass exodus of workers from villages to cities.

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Reprisals

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Retaliation, revenge, counterattack

They didn’t tell the police for the fear of reprisal

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Callousness

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Insensitive and emotionally hardened

I’ll never forgive you for your callousness.

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Prepetrator

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A person involved in harmful, immoral acts.

He looks innocent but he is a perpetrator.

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Convoluted

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Complicated

It is a convoluted matter.

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Foist

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Imposed.

This job was foisted upon him

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Coalesce

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United

The cells coalesce to form muscles.

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Desist

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Abstain

You must desist from smoking

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Skepticism

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Doubt

There is a lot of skepticism that he will graduate this year.

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Amid

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In the middle of

She could see nothing amid snow and darkness

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catastrophe

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disaster

The flood last year was a terrible catastrophe in which many people died.

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marginalizing

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treat as unimportant

We now feel the consequences of marginalizing the Taliban.

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mull

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ponder

she began to mull over the various possibilities

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spurt

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spray

he cut his finger, the blood spurted over the sliced potatoes.

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touted

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boastfully or vigorously described, advertised, or promoted, especially in a persistent or annoying way

People were touting tickets outside the stadium.

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erstwhile

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former

He is the erstwhile president of the company

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Steer

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Guide, direct, manoeuvre

He steered the boat slowly toward the busy quay

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Mitigate

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Extenuate, lessen, alleviate

Drainage system helped a lot to mitigate this problem.

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slingshot

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gulail

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motley

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multicolored, miscellaneous

Taliban are a motley group.

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bizarre

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strange

they are in a bizarre situation

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accentuated

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point up, underline

he tried to accentuate the importance of science subjects.

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conglomerate

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mixture

the Earth is a specialized conglomerate of organisms

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atrocity

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cruelty

a textbook that detailed war atrocities

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fissures

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opening, crack

the bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor

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Espionage

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Spying

She was found guilty of espionage against united states

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Entail

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Necessitate

Winning the war will entail sending ten thousand soldiers to a foreign country.

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Clandestine

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Hugger-mugger, cloak and dagger, private, secret

She deserves more than those clandestine meetings.

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Agitation

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Anxiety, nervous excitement

PDM announces nationwide agitation from October 20

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Euphoria

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joy, elation, happiness

The drug produces intense feelings of euphoria.

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Promulgation

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to make known/public, to put (as a regulation) into effect

There is no promulgation of an ordinance by the government.

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Lamented

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Controversially describing something that has ceased to exist, expression of grief in the music

He lamented that the government was running the country through an ordinance by keeping the parliament locked.

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Menace

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Threat, possible danger

The officials are doing little against the menace of dengue.

40
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Incumbent

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Officials, Necessary as a duty

The incumbent rulers were doing too little for a good economy.

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Usurp

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take over

Richard usurped the throne

42
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Rhetoric

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beyan-bazi

All we have from the opposition is rhetoric.

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woo

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chase, pursue, try to attract

He was wooed by the production house for a film.

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Emphatic

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Firm, Forceful

Pakistan’s emphatic victory over India is cherished.

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nosedive

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Crash-dive, drop

the plane nosedived into the ground and exploded

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Defiant

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non-compliant, resistant

He is a defiant child.

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Bout

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spell, turn, time, session, a short period of intense activity of a specified kind.

She suffered from repeated bouts of both physical and mental debility (weakness) throughout her life.

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Exuberant

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euphoric, buoyant, cheerful, full of energy

there were noisy bunches of exuberant youngsters in the stadium.

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Wheeler-dealer

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a person who makes deals in business or politics in a skillful and sometimes dishonest way.

he is a great wheeler-dealer in the corridors of power.

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Bravado

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Boldness, swagger

He has confidence and bravado that gives me confidence in him.

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Minnow

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insignificant person/organization. (actually a small fish)

I used minnow as bait during fishing.

52
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Stump

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Confuse. mystify, lumber, each of the three upright pieces of wood which form a wicket.

education chiefs were stumped by some of the exam questions

53
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Haul

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Drag, Pull

He hauled his bike out of the shed.

54
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relentless

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non-stop

He is very patient but a relentless taskmaster.

55
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Hallmark

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gold py jo stamp lagi hoti hai

he was reprimanded for not hallmarking his work.

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Outfox

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defeat someone by being more clever and cunning

Pakistan outfoxed NZ and India in WC.

57
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Deferred

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Delay

Saudia will give $1.2 bn worth of petrol to Pakistan on deferred payment.

58
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Felicitate

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Congratulate

I felicitate you on your success.

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Gamut

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Range, spectrum

His face is the gamut of emotions.

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Reiterated

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Repeat

He reiterated his invitation to us.

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satiate

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full, sate, quench, satisfy

He satiated his appetite at the resort’s restaurant.

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reverent

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respectful, loving, worshipping

We were asked to be reverent while touring the ancient temple.

They show a gentle and reverent but simple spirit

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anticlimatic

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dissatisfying, disillusioning, bathetic

This was an anticlimatic finish to the match.

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perish

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die, fall, expire, spoil

a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease.

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salacious

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pornographic, obscene, improper, lewd

Stop searching for salacious stories.

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Destitute

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Poor, down and out, deprived

The charity cares for destitute children.

67
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Pry

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eavesdropping, stickybeak, curious, meddling

sorry, I didn’t mean to pry.

opposite: mind one’s own business

68
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vigil

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wakefulness, watch, a period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray

She kept her vigil for what must have been several hours

69
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tad

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minor, to a small extent

Mark looked a tad embarrassed.

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Insinuate

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slip, insert, suggest, imply, hint

he was insinuating that I had no self-control.
I insinuated my shoulder in the gap

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emblematic

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symbolic, representative, suggestive

this case is emblematic of a larger problem.

72
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cabal

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group of people who are united in some close design, usually to promote their private views
related to politics

He had been chosen by a cabal of fellow senators

73
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unbeknownst

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without the knowledge of someone

But unbeknownst to her, he had continued to write some checks

74
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Smug

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Complacent, self-approving

He was feeling smug after his win.

75
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fathom

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a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters), chiefly used in reference to the depth of water.
understand, comprehend

sonar says that we’re in eighteen fathoms.
The locals could not fathom out the reason behind his new-found prosperity

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remission

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cancellation, suspension, abeyance

The scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees.

77
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aboveboard

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honest

He is aboveboard and fair.

78
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back-pedal

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reverse one’s previous action or opinion, change of mind

She quickly back-pedaled when asked to explain her suggestion.

79
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Monogamy

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One partner person

He is romantic and monogamous.

80
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mortifying

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great shame/embarrassment

how mortifying to find that he was right.

81
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Nuke

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Nuclear weapon, attack with a nuclear weapon

She say we take off and nuke the site from orbit.

82
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cliche

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a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.

that old cliché ‘ a woman’s place is in the home ’ has died.

83
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cold feet

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apprehension or doubt strong enough to prevent a planned course of action.

I was going to try bungee jumping, but I got cold feet.

84
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perplex

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Confused

She gave a perplexed look

85
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outset

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start

The project was flawed from the outset.

86
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reprimand

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chide, pull up, rebuke

The officials were reprimanded for poor work.

87
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ruckus

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row, commotion

a child is raising a ruckus in the class

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