Words #2 Flashcards

1
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email received to — herself from the matter taking objection to the email. (നിഷ്പക്ഷതയ്ക്കായി സ്വയം വിട്ടുനില്‍ക്കുക)

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recuse

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2
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existing — on student loan repayments (hold)

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pause

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3
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four overlapping and — crises (സങ്കീര്‍ണ്ണവസ്‌തു)

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compounding

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prevent other urgent and — harms (non repairable)

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irreversible

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5
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working families bearing the — of this crisis. (ആഘാതം)

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brunt

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6
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an — acknowledgement of the increasing role played by perceptions (indirect)

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implicit

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7
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This triggered a mass — from WhatsApp (leaving)

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exodus

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8
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Which did bring a lot of — to its parent (bad public opinion and media news)

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bad press

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9
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The WhatsApp policy update has clearly — many users (frightened)

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spooked

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10
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An — WhatsApp, on its part, has tried to allay fears about privacy (under criticism)

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under-fire

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The new privacy updates are — to make these easier (assumed or believed, under doubt)

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supposedly

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12
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India could — such a privacy law. (find something useful)

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do with

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13
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The — it has never encountered (kind of)

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likes of which

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14
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Not even in the — of the Cambridge Analytica scandal (after effect)

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aftermath

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15
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… SC Sends Notice to Centre on Reconstituting Farm Laws Panel (Annoyed)

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Miffed

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16
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had built his — around being a political outsider (candidate)

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candidacy

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17
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Did the — who hate PM day in and Day out, tell you this ? (stupid)

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imbeciles

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18
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I didn’t know how I was going to — (survive)

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hold out

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19
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justifying its — policies by claiming that Uighur (oppressive)

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repressive

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20
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Was it a — so the police could interrogate me? (ruse)

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ploy

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21
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That wasn’t new, but the — had become more pronounced (സ്വേച്ഛാധിപത്യം)

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despotism

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22
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He tried first in Kazakhstan, but came back — after a year (മിഥ്യയില്‍നിന്നുള്ള മോചനം)

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disillusioned

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23
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Why go all that way for such a —? (ചെറിയ തുക, നിസ്സാരസംഗതി)

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trifle/റ്റ്റൈഫൽ

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24
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I was systematically —, humiliated and brainwashed (remove human element)

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dehumanised

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25
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Offering to protect its — from anti-trust action (പണം)

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moolah

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26
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some of his — supporters from social media platforms (മൗലികമായ)

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radical

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27
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… Intent, Remarkable Grit”: PM Modi On India’s Series Win In Australia (നക്ഷത്രം പോലെ മിന്നുന്ന)

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Stellar

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28
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Stellar Intent, Remarkable —”: PM Modi On India’s Series Win In Australia (മനക്കരുത്ത്‌)

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Grit

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29
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— towards inferiors (അനുകമ്പ)

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Compassion

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30
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— had been restored in America (സാധാരണനില)

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Normalcy

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31
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Biden, a — 78 year old…(ദുര്‍മുഖം കാട്ടുക)

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grizzled

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32
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Keeps — his achievements (അതിശയോക്തി ചേർത്ത് പറയുക)

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embellishing

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33
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— remarks (രൂക്ഷമായ)

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Tart

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34
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The biscuit moved — from the daparting president to the incoming one (അദൃശ്യമായി)

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imperceptibly

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35
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Had an — career as civil rights litigator (പ്രശസ്‌തമായ)

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illustrious

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36
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Budget should lift — of fear over economy, not focus on stimulus (പുതപ്പ്‌)

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pall

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37
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a place I’d love to go back to for its — kababs (ആനന്ദകരമായ)

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delectable

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38
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So here I am, — by Delhi’s little Kabul (സ്‌നേഹത്തില്‍ മുഴുകിയ)

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smitten

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39
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displayed some — urbane empathy (തുച്ഛമായ )

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meagre, മീഗർ

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40
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as a last resort to — a living (കൂട്ടിച്ചേര്‍ക്കുക)

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eke out

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41
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will have the appetite to —-these now hugely contentious laws ( progress)

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Push through

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42
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is of course an important question is —- (unsolved)

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hanging in the air.

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43
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I was —-(excited ) to get the promotion

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Overwhelmed

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44
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but also — on the rights of many others in the Indian Democracy. (അതിക്രമിക്കുക)

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infringe

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45
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representations being made to me were of an even more — nature (ആധിപിടിപ്പിച്ച, അസ്വാരസ്യമുള്ള)

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disquieting

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46
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perpetrators of this — attack (വളരെ മോശമായ)

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abominable

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47
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hope that the police are able to — of this attack (investigate deep)

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get to the bottom

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48
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—, you are not that special, anyway (dont think too much of yourself)

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Get off your high horse

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49
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some people made — comments ( ശക്തമായി വിമർശിക്കുന്ന)

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snarky

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50
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People should have torn apart her claims with —, but they did not (ആഹ്ലാദം)

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glee

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51
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How could a — person be appointed as faculty (very incapable)

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spectacularly unqualified

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52
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But two important — apply ( മുന്നറിയിപ്പ്)

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caveats, കേവീയാറ്റ്

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53
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you know that liberals love to — (പരിഹസിക്കുക)

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sneer

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54
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On a recommendation from a friend and a— gastronomy (തികഞ്ഞ).

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consummate

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55
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Food is — with the aroma of spices, the opposite was true (സുഗന്ധമുള്ള)

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redolent

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56
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Khaled Hosseini’s— novel The Kite Runner is based on this community’s persecution (നീറുന്ന, ഉഗ്രമായ)

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poignant, പോയൻയൻറ്റ്

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57
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The tax — are also looking at his companies (വേട്ടനായ്‌)

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sleuths, സ്ലൂത്

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58
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Ibm is — do so (full capable of )

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well placed to

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59
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Need to take — action (something that decides)

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decisive

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60
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Lived life — through the kids (പ്രാതിനിദ്ധ്യമായ)

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vicariously വൈകെറീസ്

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Done — well over the years (exceptionally)

A

exceedingly

62
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— on social media (പരിഹാസകൃതി)

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Lampooned

63
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Said it —(exactly)

He said that, but not in —

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in as many words

64
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government interlocutors had to do hectic — (parallel discussion)

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back channel

65
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Government — forced by Supreme Court (withdrawal from a position

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climbdown

66
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— decorated and incongruously seated joint (കൃത്രിമമായി, മോശമായി)

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shoddily

67
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shoddily decorated and — seated joint (പൊരുത്തമില്ലാത്ത)

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incongruously

68
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life has come to a — (സ്തംഭനാവസ്ഥ)

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standstill

69
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the suggestion has been — with demand for blanket repeal of laws (obstructed)

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stonewalled

70
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A peculiar situation is — at the borders of Delhi (ചുരുളഴിയല്‍, വെളിവാക്കുക)

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unfolding

71
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continue the deadlock and — a state of anarchy (sudden occurrence of undesirable situation)

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precipitate

72
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This brings to question the — of protestors (right to be heard in court)

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locus standi ലോക്കസ് സ്റ്റന്റായി

73
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In their —of demands (collection)

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charter

74
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— your energy (deplete, wear away)

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saps

75
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Burnout can —on you (increase slowly but steadily)

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creep up

76
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the brain is a — complex object (making mentally unsteady)

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dizzyingly

77
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galaxies can group into — structures (very large)

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enormous

78
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You’re almost — lucky to exist (അഗാധമായ, immesurable)

“mountains of — scale” - very large

A

unfathomably, unfathomable emotion,

unfathomable scale

79
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in almost every — way (imaginable)

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conceivable

80
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A— odd thing happened on Friday (അസാധാരണാമായി)

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singularly

81
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he was— by some people who abducted him (തടഞ്ഞു നിര്‍ത്തി സംസാരിക്കുക)

A

accosted

82
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Farmers are just — in this political attempt (expendable soldiers)

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cannon fodder

83
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He also— at the Bharatiya Janata Party (criticise)

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lashed out

84
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IBM Can’t — of Trouble (get out of )

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Spin Its Way Out

85
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small and— forces like Khalistanis? (uncertain identity)

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shadowy

86
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government has— bent backward to placate the farmers. (in a way that is not typical of a particular person or thing)

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uncharacteristically

87
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government has — to placate the farmers. (to try extremely hard to please someone)

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bent over backward

88
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under full media — (light)

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glare

89
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protesters are — (not listening)

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tone-deaf

90
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Like a — child’s COVID-19 mask (childishly sulky or bad-tempered, കുറുന്പുള്ള)

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petulant

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their — of a moral struggle is slipping (farce, പരിഹാസ്യമായ അഭിനയം)

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charade, ഷറേഡ്

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There is one — on their part though (തെറ്റായി കണക്കുകൂട്ടുക)

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miscalculation

93
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Your existence wasn’t just — on amorousness and luck of your ancestors (based, established)

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predicated

94
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company was on the — of a huge opportunity (transition point)

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cusp

95
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But she was — and stuck (തടസ്സപ്പെടുക).

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stymied

96
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One of the representatives was extremely — and self-interested (നിശ്ചയദാര്‍ഢ്യമുള്ള)

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assertive

97
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Robert felt a — in his stomach (കുടുക്ക്)

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knot

98
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Under — threat, human may collapse and mimic death (ഉഗ്രമായ)

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dire, ഡൈർ

99
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The — nervous system is activated (involuntary)

A

sympathetic

100
Q

If, —, inflation rages above 6 per cent…

സന്ദര്‍ഭവശാല്‍

A

perchance

101
Q

… is not required for no one (to avoid dealing with a problem. to postpone dealing with something in the hopes that it becomes someone else’s problem)

A

Kicking the can down the road

102
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given the — of the Covid challenge (background screen പശ്ചാത്തലം)

A

backdrop

103
Q

infrastructure clearly needs a big — (boost)

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fillip

104
Q

Trust Means We Commit to — (സ്വാഭാവദാര്‍ഢ്യം and അനുവര്‍ത്തനം

A

Integrity and Compliance

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Trust Means We Are … (സത്യസന്ധത, കൃത്യമായ, പൂര്‍ണ്ണത)

A

Honest, Accurate and Complete

106
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— an inclusive workplace (പരിപോഷിപ്പിക്കുക)

A

Foster

107
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What always has remained unchanged is our — commitment to integrity. (അചഞ്ചലമായ)

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unwavering

108
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apply your own — and consult your competent advisors.(വകതിരിവ്‌)

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discretion

109
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consult your — advisors (അര്‍ഹതയുള്ള)

A

competent

110
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Once is …. Second is conincidence

യാദ്രിശ്ചികം

A

happenstance

111
Q

Those who carried out the Red Fort rampage remain (not captured)

A

at large

112
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This is — misuse of law (അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ)

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wanton

113
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dangerous trend … by judicial authorities (സൂക്ഷ്‌മപരിശോധന നടത്താത്ത)

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unchecked

114
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Comment and reporting has are being targeted to … the dissent (അടിച്ചമര്‍ത്തുക)

A

stifle സ്റ്റൈഫൽ

115
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Surely there — be some mea culpa at … (must be).

A

ought to

116
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The tractor rally was always a — exercise (filled with something unpleasant)

A

fraught

117
Q

There are always agent — and radicals (നിയമലംഘകന്മാരെ പ്രലോഭിപ്പിച്ച്‌ കുരുക്കില്‍പ്പെടുത്താന്‍ നിയമിക്കപ്പെട്ട ആള്‍)

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provocateurs

118
Q

The — JNU attack (ഭയങ്കരമായ)

A

horrific

119
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a group of — rampaged through… (കവര്‍ച്ച)

A

marauders, മറോഡ്

120
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beating up — of people (large number of)

A

scores

121
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everyone knows who the — are (കുറ്റവാളി)

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perpetrators

122
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simply — people under NSA (jail)

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incarcerate

123
Q

A lot of — of grievances is happening on social media (increase)

A

amplification

124
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people being to use — methods (not within law)

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extra-legal

125
Q

police were seen — with farmers (discussing with)

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reasoning

126
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mild waves of violence that …through the day (a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going )

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ebbed and flowed

127
Q

entering Delhi with tractors — trolleys (ഇല്ലാത്ത)

A

sans

128
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Sunday — conditions for the tractor parade in Delhi. (രേഖാരൂപമാത്രമായ)

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outlined

129
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carry banners with — messages (provoking)

A

inciting

130
Q

…was unleashed upon Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day (Chaotic)

A

Unprecedented chaos

131
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north India’s — cold winter (extremely sharp)

A

bitingly

132
Q

government looks — പരിഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുക

A

rattled

133
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3 — approach (point)

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ponged

134
Q

Unprecedented chaos was — upon Delhi on the 72nd Republic Day (കെട്ടഴിച്ചുവിടുക)

A

unleashed

135
Q

But not for — amusement, as it turns out. അതിരുകവിഞ്ഞ

A

fulsome

136
Q

Popstar Rihanna first — in support of… (start, appear suddenly)

A

popped the cork

137
Q

but farmers’ — and violent protests in India. അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ

A

unruly

138
Q

The river of memes, jokes, and outrage had begun — down its course (തമ്മില്‍ മുട്ടുക, ശീഘ്രം നടക്കുക)

A

hurtling

139
Q

voice lately of global —, teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg… (അപ്രമാദിത്വം, എല്ലാകാര്യങ്ങളും അറിയുന്ന ആളാണെന്ന രീതിയില്‍ സംസാരിക്കുക)

A

pontification

140
Q

finds himself — in another controversy (കൂട്ടിക്കലര്‍ത്തുക)

A

embroiled

141
Q

hina — at Quad summit (കോപാകുലനാകുക)

A

bristles

142
Q

The 2021 HR-V undoubtedly looks stunning and — (പ്രൗഢിയുള്ള)

A

imposing

143
Q

their — is born out of frustration… (ശൂന്യതാവാദം)

A

nihilism

144
Q

covid — the problem (വര്‍ദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുക)

A

exacerbated

145
Q

without any context, explanation, or —, homework (ബാഹ്യദൃഷ്‌ടിയില്‍)

A

seemingly

146
Q

developed nations did not come in the way of her tutored — (മുഷിപ്പനായി സുദീര്‍ഘം പ്രസംഗിക്കുക)

A

preachiness

147
Q

developed nations did not come in the way of her — preachiness (സ്വകാര്യ ട്യൂഷന്‍ നല്‍കുന്നവര്‍)

A

tutored

148
Q

Are there invisible conductors — the baton? (ചുഴറ്റുക)

A

wielding

149
Q

who do not tweet even a line —, are doing it against India? (suddenly)
Quite job in a —-
(പെട്ടെന്നു തോന്നുന്ന ഒരു ആഗ്രഹം)

A

out of whim