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low point, rock bottom

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NADIR

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promoting health, healthy

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SALUBRIOUS (adj)

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an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose, pack, clique, ingroup, inner circle

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COTERIE

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A SHAMBLES

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ruin, chaos, bloodshed, disorder

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to get on like a house on fire

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vigorously fast, excellently

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the use of tricks to deceive smne, shenanigan, wile, trickery, guile

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CHICANERY (noun)

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in good humour

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out of humour

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pleasing to the ear, sweet, honeyed, dulcet

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MELLIFLUOUS

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Nip in the bud

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destroy sth at the very beginning

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you congratulate smne ON his performance/sth

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acutely insightful and wise, sagacious, sapient, clear-sighted

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PERSPICACIOUS

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Don’t cross the bridge before you come to it

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don’t worry too much about future problems, deal with problems as and when they arise

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considered no as

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regard as

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in the open air, outdoors, outside, out of doors

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ALFRESCO (adj)

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connected with magic powers and things that cannot be explained by reason or science

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OCCULT (adj)

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If you proselytize, you try to persuade someone to share your beliefs, especially religious or political beliefs.

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[formal] I assured him we didn’t come here to proselytize. [ VERB] Christians were arrested for trying to convert people, to proselytise them.

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disinclined to work or exertion, slothful, lazy, work-shy

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INDOLENT (adj)

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not enough room to swing a cat

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small, cramped, crowded stadium

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great coolness and composure under strain, poise, assuredness, sang-froid, cool

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APLOMB (n)

“Diana passed the test with aplomb”

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determined by chance, or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason, impulsive, whimsical

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CAPRICIOUS (adj)

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aware of- sensible

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I am sensible of the difficulties you will face when you undertake this work

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sensible—considerable

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there was a sensible increase in the volume of exports last year

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the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for also, unplanned fortunate discovery

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SERENDIPITY noun

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respect for and willingness to obey somebody/something

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OBEISANCE

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that causes a fire (adj)

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INCENDIARY

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include or absorb (something) in something else.
“most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories”

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SUBSUME (v)

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(used about a person or behaviour) noisy and full of energy

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BOISTEROUS

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forbid, especially by law.
“strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces”

denounce or condemn.
“certain customary practices which the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny”

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PROSCRIBE

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attempting to win favour from influential people by flattery, fawning, sycophantic, bootlicking

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OBSEQUIOUS (adj)

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mistook for

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sic–latin–thus it is–if there is a mistake in the writing of a person and if you want to quote the particular psg, beside the mistake you write within brackets ‘sic’. It means that the grammatical or spelling mistake is not yours but that of the original writer.

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The student wrote, ‘I am grately (sic) embrased (sic) to report this’.
what the student wrote has been reproduced. Sic indicates that the spellings as found in the student’s writing have been retained.

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it is not up to scratch——-it is not up to the standard

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his design is not up to scratch——gen. negative

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to influence by gentle urging, flattering, tempt, lure, entice, convince

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INVEIGLE

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34
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own up

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to admit frankly and fully a fault or a crime

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35
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expendable—- -ve

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that may be sacrificed to achieve some end

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36
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being dishonest, cruel or unfair in order to get what you want

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unscrupulous

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37
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a short fight between groups of people

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skirmish

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38
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perfectly clean and tidy——immaculate white shirts

without any mistakes; perfect——His performance of ‘Gandhi’ was immaculate.

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immaculate

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39
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connected with the meaning of words and sentences

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SEMANTIC (adj)

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40
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a noise or piece of music that gets louder and louder

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CRESCENDO (n)

The rain fell in a crescendo on the rooftops.

The authorities finally took action when public outrage reached a crescendo.

(opposed to decrescendo or diminuendo)

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41
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a person who lives outside his/her own country

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EXPATRIATE (n)

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defying expression or description, unutterable, indescribable, indefinable

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INEFFABLE (adj)

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43
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exchange ‘for’

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44
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a quick reply to a question or remark, replication, retort, counter, return, comeback, rejoinder

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RIPOSTE (n)

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with the compliments of

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showing little emotion, emotionlessness, impassive

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PHLEGMATIC (adj)

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effusively or insincerely emotional, mushy, sentimental, sappy

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MAWKISH (adj)

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to apply the guillotine to the bill (speaker applied)

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stop any further discussion of a bill

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49
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the teacher/engineer is not worth his salt

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not efficient or capable, not worth the money he is being paid

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adjective
making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
“a scurrilous attack on his integrity”

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SCURRILOUS

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adjective
dealing with problems in a practical way rather than by following ideas or principles

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PRAGMATIC

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52
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greedy

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AVARICIOUS (adj)

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53
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noun
an event or sign that warns that something will end or be destroyed very soon

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DEATH KNELL

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noun
a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force.
“the juggernaut of public expenditure”

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JUGGERNAUT

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55
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having same boundaries, or being of equal extent, connecting, neighboring, adjacent

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COTERMINOUS

France is coterminous with Italy

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56
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Presently, soon, after a short time (British)
(American, Scottish) now, at present

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chew over

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consider sth carefully and slowly

i’ll chew it over and let you know next week
how are you going to chew over the matter

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58
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connected with government or public money, especially taxes

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fiscal
adjective

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59
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the quality of being too powerful to be defeated or overcome.

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invincibility
noun

“he gave off an aura of invincibility

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60
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to destroy completely, leaving nothing: The approaching tornado was annihilating everything in its path.

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ANNIHILATE (ANNIHILATION)

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cheerful friendliness; geniality.

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bonhomie
noun

“he exuded good humour and bonhomie”

62
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verb
to criticize somebody/something publicly in an amusing way that makes them or it look ridiculous

noun
a piece of writing that criticizes somebody/something and makes them or it look ridiculous

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lampoon

63
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an unfounded rumour or story.
NOT SURE

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canard
noun

“the old canard that LA is a cultural wasteland”

64
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last year or the recent past, especially as nostalgically recalled.

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yesteryear
noun
“return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear”

65
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having too little taste, flavour or colour

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insipid

adjective

66
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to waste time, money, etc.

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squander
verb

He squanders his time on TV and computer games.

67
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not pleasant to taste.
“scraps of unpalatable food”

difficult to put up with or accept.
“the unpalatable fact that many of the world’s people are starving”

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unpalatable

adjective

68
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Beard a lion in its den

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69
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Achieve sth by means of trickery or devious methods, manage, wangle

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FINAGLE (verb)

70
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Give expression to, express, show

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EVINCE (verb)

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Beef up/out

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Strengthen, add vigour, build up, reinforce

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Beef noun complaint

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He made a horrible beef as he could not get his morning coffee

Verb to complain
Whenever he comes, he beefs about her
What are you beefing about
Stop beefing and start doing sth

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Carrot and stick policy

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74
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Thunderous verbal attack, fulmination, rant

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Diatribe
My friend goes into long diatribes against the ruling government whenever he sees me

75
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Harsh or corrosive in tone, acrid, vitriolic, virulent, acerbic, bitter

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CAUSTIC

his caustic comments offended most of the superiors.

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Adjourn…..to move to another place

After dinner, they adjourned to the lawn

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Postpone….to place after in order of importance

You must Postpone private profit to the public welfare.

77
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We were there from Monday through Friday means we were there for 5 days

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78
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Occasionally you argue vigorously with someone to prove that your view of sth or sb is absolutely correct. Later when you are proved wrong you feel bad. Sometimes you have to make an abject apology. On such occasions others say that you had to eat humble pie

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Yesterday he tried to prove that I was in the wrong. Finally he had to eat humble pie.

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Enthusiastic and assured vigour and livelinesss, zeal, ardour, flair

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Elan
It was a performance of great elan and sophistication

80
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Can’t carry a tune

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81
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Sth that precedes and indicates approach of sth or smne, precursor, forerunner, predecessor, herald

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Harbinger

The sudden cold is the harbinger of climate change

82
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According to _____opinion of other person_____ not according to me

In my opinion he is a fool

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Not according to his view/ opinion
In his view / opinion

83
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Marked by a narrow focus on,or display of learning especially its trivial aspects, scholastic, academic

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PEDANTIC

HIS ESSAYS ARE SO PEDANTIC THAT THE MAIN POINTS OF THE ISSUE GET LOST

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A flash in the pan

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A sudden bright start followed by failure

His was a flash-in-the-pan popularity
He was a flash in the pan

85
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Refrain+from+gerund or noun

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Smne is annoying or irritating

He is a pain in the neck
She is a pain

He is very painstaking—–he us very careful he is very industrious

He will spare no pains to carry out your instructions
He took pains to see that the function was a grand success

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Offensively self assured OT given to exercising usually unwarranted power, not allowing contradiction or refusal, autocratic, magisterial, dominating, bossy, high-and-mighty

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PEREMPTORY

HE SPOKE IN PEREMPTORY TONES

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Of a menacing or threatening character, forbidding, menacing, sinister

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MINACIOUS

THE MINACIOUS LEADER STRUCK FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF CITIZENS

88
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To go critical—to reach the stage of maintaining such a reaction —self sustaining nuclear reactor —Good news when a reactor goes critical

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89
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MALAYSIA PM

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Anwar Ibrahim

90
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Company is In the black—-doing well. Making profit
In the red— losses, losing money
You are in the black—- there is money in your bank account
The past 2 years have been bad. We hope to be in the black next year.

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91
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Overly sweet, treacly, syrupy, saccharine

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CLOYING

HIS FLATTERY WAS SO CLOYING THAT EVEN THE BOSS STARTED GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE

92
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Bouquet,,,,,,,a compliment
Brickbat,,,,,,, an uncomplimentary remark

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He expected bouquets for his speech but got only brickbats

93
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Come up with ( an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort, forge, contrive, invent, devise, formulate

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EXCOGITATE

AFTER MONTHS OF POURING OVER THE READINGS, SHE HAS EXCOGITATED AN ABSTRACT FOR HER THESIS

94
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Emphasise sth
Not ON sth

LAY EMPHASIS ON STH

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Stress a point
Lay stress on a point

95
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Expedite means to speed up, to execute promptly, hasten some action or process

His rude remarks last month expedited his fall
This expedites the flowering process
You will be in trouble unless you expedite things
You must expedite the despatch of food packets to the ppl affected by the floods

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Expeditiously means acting or done with speed and efficiency
The government must take expedious actions to wipe out black money
Pls despatch the books expeditiously

96
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Ridicule with satire, satirise, mockery, parody

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LAMPOON

THE WRITER OFTEN LAMPOONS THE RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS MADE BY OUR POLITICIANS

97
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Marked by rude or peremptory shortness , short, curt

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Brusque

His brusque comments irked the committee members.

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Peoples means nations or races

The Peoples of the third world must unite in their own interest
The english of the english speaking peoples varies from country to country

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Shoe-string budget is a small budget
To live on a shoe-string is to manage on very little money

He started his institution on a Shoe string
Idk how he is managing on a Shoe string

99
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Ravish Kumar

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Ramon magsaysay awardee

100
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Sharath kamal receives khel ratna award

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101
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Censure severely, correct, chasten, chastise

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CASTIGATE

HE WAS CASTIGATED FOR HIS OFFENSIVE REMARKS

102
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Restrict (smne or sth) so as to make free movement difficult, restrain, encumber

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CUMBER

I AM CUMBERED WITH WORK COMMITMENTS

103
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Underwhelmed by sth

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You weren’t really impressed by it

We went with a lot of expectations. But most of us were underwhelmed by the former VC s speech

104
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Tough and callous by virtue of experience; ready and able to resort to force or violence. Hardboiled, hard bitten

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PUGNACIOUS

THE PUGNSCIPUS PROFESSOR IS VERY STRICT WITH HIS STUDENTS

105
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Tongue in cheek ——– you speak with your tongue in your cheek when you do not mean what you say or say the opposite of what you mean

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When I said to him that Mr. Rao called him a fine writer, he said, are you sure that he was not speaking with his tongue in his cheek . I told him that he spoke straight from his heart

Speak insincerely
When she said he was honest, she was speaking with the tongue in her cheek

106
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Cast off, refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognise as valid, reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust, renounce, disown

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REPUDIATE

SHE REPUDIATED THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST HER

107
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Be in contradiction with, represent falsely, negate, contradiction, misrepresent

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BELIE

HIS SOFT SPOKEN ATTITUDE BELIES HIS SHORT TEMPER

108
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Snafu,,,,,,,,,,total confusion or commotion

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Faux pas,,,,,,,,,a false step (literal)
English,,,,,an offence against social convention , any indiscreet action or speech

He committed a faux pas when he referred to the PM as Mrs. Gandhi

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Rendezvous

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A place where ppl meet often, the place chosen for meeting

Let the library be our rendezvous
This hotel is a rendezvous for the writers in this city
Let us agree on a suitable rendezvous

The pre arranged meeting of two or more spacecrafts is also called a rendezvous

110
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Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame, embarrassing, humiliating, undignified

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Ignominious

The football team was ignominiously disbanded

111
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out of condition, not strong or robust, incapable of exertion or endurance, flabby, soft

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FLACCID

The climax of the film was flaccid and unconvincing

112
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Providing protective supervision,watching over or safeguarding, custodial

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TUTELARY

EVEN THOUGH SHE IS MILES AWAY, I HAVE ALWAYS FELT HER TUTELARY PRESENCE GUIDING ME

113
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Parliament adjourned sine die

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Adjourned without specifying when it would meet next

When adjournment is indefinite

The meeting was adjourned sine die

114
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Indias navy chief

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Admiral r. Hari Kumar

115
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Smne who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field, learned person, pundit

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SAVANT

SHE IS A MUSICAL SAVANT

116
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He is barking up the wrong tree 🌳

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To be misled or mistaken, to criticise or attack the wrong person

Look! I did not throw the stone . You are barking up the wrong tree.

If you think that I gave the info to the boss, you are barking up the wrong tree 🌳

117
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Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary, edge, adjoin , border

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ABUT

THE NEW SHOPPING MALL 🛍 ABUTS HIS PROPERTY

118
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Imperious

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Overbearing , domineering

Person who tries to impose his will on others in an offensive manner ,,,,,,,,,,arrogance

He always commands in an imperious tone

119
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Imperial

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Pertaining to an empire or its rule

Britain was an imperial power

Magnificent,majestic

It was not an ordinary dinner, it was an imperial banquet.

He is noted for his imperial generosity.

120
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Turnkey project

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Project that will be completed in every aspect by the contractor, all the owner has to do is to turn the key 🔑 of the door 🚪 to commission it.

121
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cacophonous

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involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

“the cacophonous sound of slot machines”

122
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obstreperous

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adjective
noisy and difficult to control.
“the boy is cocky and obstreperous”

123
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A careless leisurely gait, promenade, amble, perambulation, stroll

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SAUNTER

THEY ARE SAUNTERING BY THE LAWNS AS THEIR CLASSES GOT CANCELLED

124
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Look daggers at smne

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You’re looking very sharply or angrily at them

When the Principal caught the students smoking in the bathroom, she looked daggers at them

125
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Providing privacy or seclusion, kept separate and secluded, preclusive, cloistered

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Sequestered

Even though the town has many visitors, it still keeps its quaint and sequestered appearance

126
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Plumb

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Utterly, downright, quite

She is plumb certain
It is plumb nonsense
He is plumb crazy 🤪

127
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Chagrin

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Noun
Mental distress caused by disappointment, humiliation or failure

Verb
To vex acutely through disappointment, humiliation or failure

Much to his chagrin, he failed in the exam
I managed to conceal my chagrin

128
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He was chagrined at being ridiculed by them

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NO I chagrined him

He was chagrined at my remarks

129
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Recklessly wasteful, unrestrained by convention or morality , spendthrift, prodigal, extravagant, debauched, degenerate, dissolute

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PROFLIGATE

YOU SHOULD STOP YOUR PROFLIGATE SPENDING HABITS AND LEARN HOW TO SAVE MONEY

130
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He is afflicted with heart disease/blindness/ incurable cancer/
He was afflicted by the news of his friends death

To distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering

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Inflict. Force or impose sth painful or damaging

He inflicted a heavy blow on the thief

131
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Make a buzzing sound, buzz, bombilate

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BOMBINATE

THE OFFICE WILL BE BOMBINATING AFTER THE COFFEE BREAK

132
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Cause problems or difficulties, annoy persistently , troubled, badger, nag

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BELEAGUER

THE EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRY FELT INCREASINGLY BELEAGUERED AND BURNT OUT

133
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Several malcontents with protest signs were seen shouting outside the VCs office

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134
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Willing to accept sth without protest , compliant, willing ,agreeable

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ACQUIESCENT

DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE, THE LOSING SIDE WAS ACQUIESCENT AND AGREED TO ALL DEMANDS WITHOUT OBJECTION

135
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Nuance

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A very small difference in meaning, feeling, sound

136
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Levitate

A

rise or cause to rise and hover in the air, typically by means of supposed magical powers.
“I swear to God he levitated over the bar”

137
Q

Gander

A

a look or glance.
“take a gander at the luggage, will ya?”

138
Q

Truism

A

a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting.
“the truism that you get what you pay for

a proposition that states nothing beyond what is implied by any of its terms.

139
Q

Profane

A

not relating to that which is sacred or religious; secular.

“a talk that tackled topics both sacred and profane”

(of a person or their behaviour) notrespectfulof religious practice; irreverent.

“a profane person might be tempted to violate the tomb”

140
Q

Stand by

A

Remain turned in to a station until it starts sending messages

Please stand by for the next programme

To stand near, look on without interfering

He stood by watching the fight

141
Q

Stand by

A

Remain loyal or faithful

He stood by me in the crisis
She stood by her promise

142
Q

He is not able to see the wood for the trees

A

When a person pays a lot of attention to detail, he won’t be able to see the overall picture

143
Q

A cruel, wicked, inhuman person, ogre, devil, demon, monster

A

FIEND

HE WAS PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA AS A COMPLETE FIEND

144
Q

An event that happens at the same time as or in connection with another, attendant, accompanying, collateral

A

Concomitant

These drugs can be given concomitantly with chemotherapy

145
Q

Even Homer sometimes nods

A

Even the best ppl may occasionally be dull or make mistakes

Nod
To make a mistake as if asleep or half asleep
Krishna is generally alert but I caught him nodding the other day

On the nod
Approval without taking a vote
The board accepted the report on the nod

146
Q

Raison d’etre

A

Reason or justification for a things existence

This institution had almost ceased to have raison d’etre
Plunder was the very raison d’etre of the power of the East India company

147
Q

honorarium
noun

A

a payment given for professional services that are rendered nominally without charge.

148
Q

Inveterate

A

having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
“an inveterate gambler

of a feeling or habit) long-established and unlikely to change.
“the inveterate hostility between the two countries was not easily eradicated

149
Q

Perambulation

A

to travel over or through especially on foot : traverse. : to make an official inspection of (a boundary) on foot. intransitive verb. : stroll. perambulation

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