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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
gulail
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motley
multicolored, miscellaneous Taliban are a motley group.
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bizarre
strange they are in a bizarre situation
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accentuated
point up, underline he tried to accentuate the importance of science subjects.
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conglomerate
mixture the Earth is a specialized conglomerate of organisms
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atrocity
cruelty a textbook that detailed war atrocities
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fissures
opening, crack the bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor
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Espionage
Spying She was found guilty of espionage against united states
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Entail
Necessitate Winning the war will entail sending ten thousand soldiers to a foreign country.
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Clandestine
Hugger-mugger, cloak and dagger, private, secret She deserves more than those clandestine meetings.
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Agitation
Anxiety, nervous excitement PDM announces nationwide agitation from October 20
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Euphoria
joy, elation, happiness The drug produces intense feelings of euphoria.
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Promulgation
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
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
Threat, possible danger The officials are doing little against the menace of dengue.
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Incumbent
Officials, Necessary as a duty The incumbent rulers were doing too little for a good economy.
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Usurp
take over Richard usurped the throne
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Rhetoric
beyan-bazi All we have from the opposition is rhetoric.
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woo
chase, pursue, try to attract He was wooed by the production house for a film.
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Emphatic
Firm, Forceful Pakistan's emphatic victory over India is cherished.
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nosedive
Crash-dive, drop the plane nosedived into the ground and exploded
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Defiant
non-compliant, resistant He is a defiant child.
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Bout
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
euphoric, buoyant, cheerful, full of energy there were noisy bunches of exuberant youngsters in the stadium.
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Wheeler-dealer
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
Boldness, swagger He has confidence and bravado that gives me confidence in him.
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Minnow
insignificant person/organization. (actually a small fish) I used minnow as bait during fishing.
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Stump
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
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Haul
Drag, Pull He hauled his bike out of the shed.
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relentless
non-stop He is very patient but a relentless taskmaster.
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Hallmark
gold py jo stamp lagi hoti hai he was reprimanded for not hallmarking his work.
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Outfox
defeat someone by being more clever and cunning Pakistan outfoxed NZ and India in WC.
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Deferred
Delay Saudia will give $1.2 bn worth of petrol to Pakistan on deferred payment.
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Felicitate
Congratulate I felicitate you on your success.
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Gamut
Range, spectrum His face is the gamut of emotions.
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Reiterated
Repeat He reiterated his invitation to us.
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satiate
full, sate, quench, satisfy He satiated his appetite at the resort's restaurant.
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reverent
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
dissatisfying, disillusioning, bathetic This was an anticlimatic finish to the match.
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perish
die, fall, expire, spoil a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease.
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salacious
pornographic, obscene, improper, lewd Stop searching for salacious stories.
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Destitute
Poor, down and out, deprived The charity cares for destitute children.
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Pry
eavesdropping, stickybeak, curious, meddling sorry, I didn't mean to pry. opposite: mind one's own business
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vigil
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
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tad
minor, to a small extent Mark looked a tad embarrassed.
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Insinuate
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
symbolic, representative, suggestive this case is emblematic of a larger problem.
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cabal
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
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unbeknownst
without the knowledge of someone But unbeknownst to her, he had continued to write some checks
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Smug
Complacent, self-approving He was feeling smug after his win.
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fathom
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
cancellation, suspension, abeyance The scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees.
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aboveboard
honest He is aboveboard and fair.
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back-pedal
reverse one's previous action or opinion, change of mind She quickly back-pedaled when asked to explain her suggestion.
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Monogamy
One partner person He is romantic and monogamous.
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mortifying
great shame/embarrassment how mortifying to find that he was right.
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Nuke
Nuclear weapon, attack with a nuclear weapon She say we take off and nuke the site from orbit.
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cliche
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.
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cold feet
apprehension or doubt strong enough to prevent a planned course of action. I was going to try bungee jumping, but I got cold feet.
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perplex
Confused She gave a perplexed look
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outset
start The project was flawed from the outset.
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reprimand
chide, pull up, rebuke The officials were reprimanded for poor work.
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ruckus
row, commotion a child is raising a ruckus in the class

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