600 Flashcards

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Mythophobia

Lyophobia

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Fear of myths/ stories or telling lies

Lack of attraction between aolute and solvent

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cavalier

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Lady’s escort

Courtly gentle man

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Modus operandi

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Method of working

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Knack

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Natural / acquired skill in doing something

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Ode

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A poem that speaks to a person or celebrates an event

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Absurd

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Rediculous( funny or mocked )

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Abject

Adept

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Terrible without hope

Person who is good at doing something difficult

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Arid

Drought

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Having little or no rain

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Scintillating

Vivacious

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Very clever

Attractive women or bubbly charming

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Moor

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To fix a boat to anchor or fix to land

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Moot

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Propose / put forward

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Morose(sullen, reticent)

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Bad tempered unhappy not talking too much

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Moose

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Large deer

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Acquit
Aquainted
Acquiese

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To be ordered free or not guilty of crime
To make yourself or somebody aware of/familar to something
To accept without arguing

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Construed

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To understand the meaning of a word or an action in a particular way

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Flipside

Flippant

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Unwelcomed outcome ( negative outcome)
showing that you donot take something seriously as other people think
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Flipflop

Flintlock

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Foatwear

A gun used in past

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Indignant
Indifferent
Indisposed
Indigent

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Showing anger since u r not treated properly
Having/showing No interest
Unwell
Very poor

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Rendition

Raparation

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Interpretation of music art drama

Thappu panitu atha sari panurathukaga help panurathu

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prim

Crude

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Formal and neat

Simple and not very accurate but gives a general idea

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Perpetual

Continuum

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Continuing for a long period of time without interuption

Series of similar items which are almost same as the others but the first and last are completly diiferent

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Raconteur

Narrator

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A person who is good in telling stories in an interesting and amusing way( kathai soluraven )
Kathai eluthuraven

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Diplomacy

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Skill of defending people in a diffucult situation without offending or hurting them

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Vandal

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A person who deliberatly damages public property

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Allegory

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Story/ play / picture in which each character / event is a symbol representing an idea / quality

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Fling

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Throw away

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effaced

Indelible

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To remove completly

That which cannot be erased/ removed

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Affable

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Pleasant friendly easy to talk

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Arsonist

Extortionist

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One who deliberatly sets fire

One who practises crime by obtaining money by using voilence ( katta panchayathu)

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Registrar

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To keep official records of birth marriage and death

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Interpose

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Come between / introduce

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Laudable

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Worthy of high praise

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Detestable

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Offensive to the mind

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Despicable

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Very unpleasant or evil

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Fugitive

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A person running away from law

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Imprudent

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Careless to plan for future

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Inane
Inure
Indigent

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Devoid of intelligence
Habituate accustom
Poor needs help from others