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Expedite

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(v) - hurry, accelerate,speedup

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Transgressions

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(n) - crime , offence, sin, wrongdoing

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Impinge

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(v) - collide, impact , encroach

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Hegemony

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(n) - dominance , supermacy,
Leadership

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Arbitration

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(n) - settement , negotiation,

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Deadlock

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(n) - pause , standoff , tie

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Concede

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(v) - give up , surrender

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Plebiscite

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(n) - vote , poll , referendum

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Disparate

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(adj) - different , contrasting, unlike
Dissimilar

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Confabulate

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(v) - chat , conversation

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Marginalize

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(v) - demean,deprecate (adikarhin)

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Grit

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(n) - courage , brevary , sand

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Ostensible

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(adj) - apprent , seeming (pratyaksh)
Assumed,

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Parley

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(adv) - panel discussion, advise ,
Consult

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Umbrella organisation

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Central organisation, leaa agency

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Truce

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(n) - cease fire, armistice (sandhi)

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Autarky

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(n)- self suffiency , tyranny, autocracy
(Atam nirbharta)

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Seminal

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(adj) - influential, pioneer ,
Groundbreaking

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Solace

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(n) - consolation, , support, relief
Confort (satvana)

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Moribund

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(adj) - dying , expiring

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Churlish

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(adj) - rude , unfriendly, unpleasant
Impolite, ill mannered

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Mettle

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(n) - courage , spirit , fortitude
Tenacity

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Brevity

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(n) - brifness , shortness

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Quintessential

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(adj) - exemplary, definitive,
Paradigmatic , model

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Chimera

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(n) - dream , delusion, fancy , fantasy

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Sumptuous

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(adj) - lavish , luxurious, deluxe
Babylonian

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Austere

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(adj) - rigid , rigorous , stern , sever,
Tough , strict

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Hedonist

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(adj) - debanchee , decadent ,
Voluptuary ( anandjivi)

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Arragin

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(v) - prosecute, denounce, indict

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Conflate

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(v) - unite , blend , consilolidate, , amalgamate, unify ( milan)

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Plausible

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(adj) - believable, credible, reasonable
, likely , feasible,

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Palpable

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(adj) - visible, noticeable, detectable, tangable , observable, perceptible

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Quell

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(v) - end , finish, get rid of , put a stop to , stamp out , put an end to ( shant karna )

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Parlance

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(n) - language, jargon , speech , idom

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Sordid

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(adj) - filthy, dusty, foul, grimy ,grotty

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Rogue

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(n) - villian, scoundrel, reprobate, rascal, wretch , good for nothing

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Extrapolate

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(v) - guess , generalize , infer, vulgarize, deduct

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Flounder

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(v) - struggle , thrash ,thresh, flail (ladkhadana)

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Cognizant

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(adj) - aware , mindful, sensible,
Conscious, apprehensive, alive

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Defer

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(v) - delay , postpone , lay over , hold up , hold over , hold up

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Aloft

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(adv) - above ,over , overhead

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Flout

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(v) - not obey law or custom, disregard, scorn,despise

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Topple

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(v) - fall , slip , stumble , trip, tumble

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Muzzle

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(n) - gag , stop , restrain , silence
( Nal mukh)

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Depredation

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(n) - robbing , lotting , raiding , plunder, pillaging

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Wrought

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(adj) - fashioned , created , manufacted, model , woven , worked

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Accure

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(v) - amass , collect, , accumulate

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Postulate

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(v) - assume , suppose , presume, presupposes, hypothesize

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Whopping

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(adj) - huge , massive , enormous , gigantic

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Scourge

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(n) - lash , switch , whip , drop , destroy, ruin , devastate , ravage ( kasht, vipati)

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Boisterous

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(adj) - blatant, clamorous, obsteperous, strident ,vociferous ( updravi)

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Empirical

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(adj) - experimental , observed ,seen , factual, actual , real , verifiable, first hand ( prayogsidhi)

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Efficiency

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(n) - effectivness , productiveness effectualness, effaciousness

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Echelon

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(n) - rank , postion , place , level , footing , degree

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Edifice

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(n) - hall, tower , palace , cathedral

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Manoeuvre

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(n) - action or movement that need care

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Homily

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(n) - lecture, address, , lesson, ,speech, sermon, discourse

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Ceiling

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(n) - upper limit , acme , covering, ,lid

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Succumb

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(v) - capitulate, defer , relent , submit, yield ( har man lena )

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Forgo

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(v) - sacrifice, forsake, give up, relinquish, surrender, refrain

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Bottleneck

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(n) - narrow road , jam , snarl , logjam

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Quibble

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(v) - criticize, fault, query, logic, chop, split hairs

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Ominous

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(adj) - inauspicious, sinister, doomy , forbidding, baleful, menacing, threatening

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Bellwether

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(n) - leader , pacemaker, trendsetter, pacesetter, pacer

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Tacit

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(adj) - unexpressed, unvoice, unspoken ,wordless, implied, implicit

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Idiosyncrasy

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(n) - unusal habit, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, tic, trick,twist

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Gravitas

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(n) - seriousness , dignity, solemnity, decorum, grandeur, gravity

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Insolence

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(n) - rude behaviour, back talk , backchat, cheek , imperitence, impundence, mouth

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Imprimatur

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(n) - approval, okay, favor , blessings, approbation

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Behove

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(v) - duty, responsibility, septenary, septuple, septennial

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Insurgency

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(n) - revolt, revolution, rebellion, outbreak, mutiny, outbreak

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Ensue

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(v) - result, follow, develope, stern, spring, arise ( paridamsavrup)

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Whittle

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(v) - pare , shave, peel ,cut, hee, trim, carve ,shape, model ( lakdi tarashna )

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Bigotry

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(n) - intolerance, illliberty ,illliberaism, , dogematism

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Secede

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(v) - quite , retire, leave , resign, ,abdicate, break with ,

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Impregnable

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(adj) - bulletproof, indomitable, insuperable, invincible , invunrable, insurmountable

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Rudimentary

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(adj) - crude, low , primitive, rude

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Denizen

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(n) - familiar, frequenter, hunter, rat, , regular (niwasi)

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Pejorative

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(adj) - denigrative, demeaning, degradating, decrying, belittling , contemptuous

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Patron

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(n) - client, customer, guest , punter, , account

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Cahoots

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(n) - collude, conspire , angle, cable ( sath gath)

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Fuzy

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(adj) - shaggy , furry , hairy , rough, wolly ( dhundhla)

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Plank

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(n) - important aspects which is on tis based
Syno. - Flop, flump, plop, plump, plunk

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Gobble

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(v) - eat hungrily, eat gridily , gulp , swallow hurriedly, bolt, guzle , devour

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Prod

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(v) - stimulate, spur , stir , rouse ,prompt, drive , push, galvanize
(Dhakka)

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Posit

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(v) - believe , accept , take for granted , acertain, be afraid , be inclined to think

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Inimicial

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(adj) - harmful, adverse , destructive, injurious, opposed , unfavorable

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Atrophy

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(v) - decline , downfall, emaciation, , deterioration ,wither , diminution

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Spate

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(n) - outflow, outpour,peck ,efflux ,flow ,tide ,surge

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Resuscitate

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(v) - revive , save , restore to life , restore, bring around , revitalize, resurrect

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Convalesce

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(v) - recovering, recuperating

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Segue

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(v)(n) - continuation, passage, ,pivot ,shift, turn

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Disenchantment

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(n) - disappointed, dillusioned, fustrated, unfulfilled

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Litany

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(n) - catalogue, recitation, repetition, account, numerations, invocation

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Abash

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(v) - embrassed , ashamed, shamefaced , remorseful , mortified

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Fraught

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(adj) - anxious, worried , upset , distraught, overwrought ,agitated

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Unflinching

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(adj) - determined, dodge, persistent, preserving

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Debunk

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(v) - refute , contradict , belie , confound , discredit, negate , rebut , shoot

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Earmark

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(v) - allocate, consecrate , dedicate , devote , reserve , save , set it

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Chaasm

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(n) - abysm ,abyss ,deep , gulf , ocean ( drar )

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Bonhomie

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(n) - happiness, cordiality,afability, amiability, sociability, friendliness

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Bulge

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(n) - surge , rise , increase , boost , swelling , bump, lump

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Skirmish

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(n) - fight , battle, clash , conflict, encounter , confrontation

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Fleece

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(v) - cheat , chisel , chouse , con , cozen , defraud

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The gift of the gap

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Articulacy , articulateness , elonquence , poetry , rhetoric

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Allow for

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Admit , acknowledge , recognize , agree , accept , concede

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Alight upon

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Bump into , come across , come upon , confront , detect

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Bear out

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Confirm, corroborate, substantiate , support, validate , verify , vindicate

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Carry way

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Entrance , rap , rapture , ravish , transport

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Dispense with

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Abolish , dispose of , do without , forgo , get rid of, ignore , relinquish

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Augment

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(v) - accelerate, add(to), aggrandize , amplify, boost , bulid up, compound

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Telling

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(adj) - convincing , decisive , effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong

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Acclaimed

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Adj- praise , applause, cheers , tribute , accolade , acclamation, plaudits

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Flamboyant

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Adj . - confidient , lively, buoyant , energetic, vibrant , vivacious , extravagant

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Denigrate

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(v) - abuse , admonish , censure , verb condemn, criticize severly ,

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Slog

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(v) - hike , tramp, walk , walkabout ( kathin parishram karna )

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Gumption

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(n) - intiative, resourcefulness, enterprise, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity (bhudhimani shahasi )

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Plea

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(n) - appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, prayer, request, call

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Antecedent

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(n) - ancestors, forefathers, forebear, predecessor, progenitor

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Provocation

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(n) - stimulus , promoting, inducement, encouragement, urging , inspiration

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Defamation

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(n) - infringement, calumny , litigation, mispresentation, slander ( manhani)

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Cohort

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(n) - mate , follower , companion, comrade , disciple , adherent

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Landmark

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(n) - milestone , benchmark, marker , memorial, museum, battleground

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Statutory

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Lawful, legal, judicial , rightful

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Convicted

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( Adj) - Officially found guilty , condemn , damned , dommed , fated

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Detergent

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(n) - obstruction , block , barrier , inhibition ,hindrance , impediment

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Dubious

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(adj) - doubtful , uncertain, unsure doubt , indoubt , hesitant, undecided,
Unsettled

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Credentials

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Capabilities , qualification, stuff , goods

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Denouement

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(n) - ending, finishing ,close , culmination, climax , conclusion

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A pie in the sky

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Illusion, delusion , fantasy , pipe dream , daydream , revive , mirage

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