Mughal Vocab

Question 0

Descendant

Answer 0

One originating or coming from an ancestral source

Question 1

Covet

Answer 1

To desire (what belongs to another) inordinately or culpably

Question 2

Steppe

Answer 2

One of the vast, usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia

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Detectable

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Able to be discovered or noticed

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Gradient

Answer 4

Rate of sloping ascent or descent: inclination

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Oasis

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Something that provides refuge, relief or pleasant contrast

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Quadrant

Answer 6

Any of the four quarters into which something is divided by two real or imaginary lines that intersect each other at right angles

Question 7

Daunt

Answer 7

To lessen the courage of, cow, subdue

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Destine

Answer 8

To designate, assign, or dedicate in advance

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Fortress

Answer 9

A place strengthened and secured for defensive purposes, stronghold

Question 10

Legendary

Answer 10

Well known, famous

Question 11

Plunder

Answer 11

Goods and other items taken by force, loot, spoil

Question 12

Complement

Answer 12

The quantity, number, or assortment required to make a thing complete

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Laborious

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Involving or characterized by hard or toilsome effort

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Resilience

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The capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape

Question 15

Rivet

Answer 15

A headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces

Question 16

Adjacent

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Not distant, nearby

Question 17

Breach

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To make a gap or rupture in

Question 18

Demoralize

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To weaken the morale of, discourage, dispirit

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Don

Answer 19

To put on (an article of clothing)

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Garrison

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A military post, especially a permanent military installation

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Matchlock

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A type of musket requiring a slow burning match to ignite it’s charge

Question 22

Saffron

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A moderate orange to orange yellow color

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Arid

Answer 23

Excessively dry

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Folly

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An act characterized by lack of good sense or normal prudence and foresight

Question 25

Grandee

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A man of elevated rank or station

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Gild

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To overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold

Question 27

Parched

Answer 27

Deprived of natural moisture

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Reservoir

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An artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use

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Tolerance

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Sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one's own

Question 30

Bauble

Answer 30

A thing of little value, trinket, trifle

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Consolidate

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To make firm or secure, strengthen

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Exquisite

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Marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution

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Frivolous

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Of little weight or importance

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Lapis lazuli

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A semiprecious stone that is usually rich blue

Question 35

Mystic

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Having magical properties

Question 36

Precedent

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Something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent similar act

Question 37

Alteration

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A change that does not destroy or completely transform the original, modification

Question 38

Marvel

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Someone or something that causes wonder or astonishment

Question 39

Mausoleum

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A large tomb, especially a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground

Question 40

Minaret

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A tall, slender tower of a mosque having one or more balconies from which the summons to prayer is cried

Question 41

Podium

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A raised platform (as in a hall or large room), dais

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Prohibit

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To forbid by authority

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Solace

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A source of relief or consolation

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Caravan

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A company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions

Question 45

Guerrilla war

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Irregular warfare especially as undertaken by independent units carrying out harassment and sabotage

Question 46

Subdue

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To conquer and bring into subjection, vanquish

Question 47

Synonymous

Answer 47

Having the same connotations, implications, or reference

Question 48

Devastate

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To bring to ruin or desolation by violent action

Question 49

Immortalize

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To guard from death or oblivion, to give unending life

Question 50

Inherent

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Involved in the constitution or essential character of something, belonging by nature or habit

Question 51

Insurrection

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An act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government

Question 52

Supremacy

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The quality or state of being highest in rank or authority