PY Vocab Flashcards
(195 cards)
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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) - settlement , 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
(n) - dream , delusion, fancy , fantasy
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Sumptuous
(adj) - lavish , luxurious, deluxe
Babylonian
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Austere
(adj) - rigid , rigorous , stern , sever,
Tough , strict
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Hedonist
(adj) - debanchee , decadent ,
Voluptuary ( anandjivi)
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Arraign
(v) - prosecute, denounce, indict ( arop lagana )
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Conflate
(v) - unite , blend , consilolidate, , amalgamate, unify ( milan)
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Plausible
(adj) - believable, credible, reasonable
, likely , feasible,
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Palpable
(adj) - visible, noticeable, detectable, tangable , observable, perceptible
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Quell
(v) - end , finish, get rid of , put a stop to , stamp out , put an end to ( shant karna )
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Parlance
(n) - language, jargon , speech , idom
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Sordid
(adj) - filthy, dusty, foul, grimy ,grotty
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Rogue
(n) - villian, scoundrel, reprobate, rascal, wretch , good for nothing
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Extrapolate
(v) - guess , generalize , infer, vulgarize, deduct
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Flounder
(v) - struggle , thrash ,thresh, flail (ladkhadana)
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Cognizant
(adj) - aware , mindful, sensible,
Conscious, apprehensive, alive
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Defer
(v) - delay , postpone , lay over , hold up , hold over
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Aloft
(adv) - above ,over , overhead
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Flout
(v) - not obey law or custom, disregard, scorn,despise
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Topple
(v) - fall , slip , stumble , trip, tumble
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Muzzle
(n) - gag , stop , restrain , silence
( Nal mukh)
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Depredation
(n) - robbing , lotting , raiding , plunder, pillaging
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Wrought
(adj) - fashioned , created , manufacted, model , woven , worked
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Accure
(v) - amass , collect, , accumulate
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Postulate
(v) - assume , suppose , presume, presupposes, hypothesize
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Whopping
(adj) - huge , massive , enormous , gigantic
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Scourge
(n) - lash , switch , whip , drop , destroy, ruin , devastate , ravage ( kasht, vipati)
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Boisterous
(adj) - blatant, clamorous, obsteperous, strident ,vociferous ( updravi)
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Empirical
(adj) - experimental , observed ,seen , factual, actual , real , verifiable, first hand ( prayogsidhi)
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Efficiency
(n) - effectivness , productiveness effectualness, effaciousness
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Echelon
(n) - rank , postion , place , level , footing , degree
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Edifice
(n) - hall, tower , palace , cathedral
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Manoeuvre
(n) - action or movement that need care
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Homily
(n) - lecture, address, , lesson, ,speech, sermon, discourse
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Ceiling
(n) - upper limit , acme , covering, ,lid
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Succumb
(v) - capitulate, defer , relent , submit, yield ( har man lena )
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Forgo
(v) - sacrifice, forsake, give up, relinquish, surrender, refrain
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Bottleneck
(n) - narrow road , jam , snarl , logjam
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Quibble
(v) - criticize, fault, query, logic, chop, split hairs
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Ominous
(adj) - inauspicious, sinister, doomy , forbidding, baleful, menacing, threatening
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Bellwether
(n) - leader , pacemaker, trendsetter, pacesetter, pacer
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Tacit
(adj) - unexpressed, unvoice, unspoken ,wordless, implied, implicit
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Idiosyncrasy
(n) - unusal habit, curiosity, oddity, peculiarity, quirk, singularity, tic, trick,twist
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Gravitas
(n) - seriousness , dignity, solemnity, decorum, grandeur, gravity
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Insolence
(n) - rude behaviour, back talk , backchat, cheek , imperitence, impundence, mouth
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Imprimatur
(n) - approval, okay, favor , blessings, approbation
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Behove
(v) - duty, responsibility, septenary, septuple, septennial
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Insurgency
(n) - revolt, revolution, rebellion, outbreak, mutiny, outbreak
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Ensue
(v) - result, follow, develope, stern, spring, arise ( paridamsavrup)
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Whittle
(v) - pare , shave, peel ,cut, hee, trim, carve ,shape, model ( lakdi tarashna )
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Bigotry
(n) - intolerance, illliberty ,illliberaism, , dogematism
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Secede
(v) - quite , retire, leave , resign, ,abdicate, break with ,
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Impregnable
(adj) - bulletproof, indomitable, insuperable, invincible , invunrable, insurmountable
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Rudimentary
(adj) - crude, low , primitive, rude
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Denizen
(n) - familiar, frequenter, hunter, rat, , regular (niwasi)
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Pejorative
(adj) - denigrative, demeaning, degradating, decrying, belittling , contemptuous
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Patron
(n) - client, customer, guest , punter, , account
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Cahoots
(n) - collude, conspire , angle, cable ( sath gath)
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Fuzy
(adj) - shaggy , furry , hairy , rough, wolly ( dhundhla)
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Plank
(n) - important aspects which is on its based
Syno. - Flop, flump, plop, plump, plunk
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Gobble
(v) - eat hungrily, eat gridily , gulp , swallow hurriedly, bolt, guzle , devour
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Prod
(v) - stimulate, spur , stir , rouse ,prompt, drive , push, galvanize
(Dhakka)
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Posit
(v) - believe , accept , take for granted , acertain, be afraid , be inclined to think
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Inimicial
(adj) - harmful, adverse , destructive, injurious, opposed , unfavorable
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Atrophy
(v) - decline , downfall, emaciation, , deterioration ,wither , diminution
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Spate
(n) - outflow, outpour,peck ,efflux ,flow ,tide ,surge
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Resuscitate
(v) - revive , save , restore to life , restore, bring around , revitalize, resurrect
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Convalesce
(v) - recovering, recuperating
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Segue
(v)(n) - continuation, passage, ,pivot ,shift, turn
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Disenchantment
(n) - disappointed, dillusioned, fustrated, unfulfilled
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Litany
(n) - catalogue, recitation, repetition, account, numerations, invocation
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Abash
(v) - embrassed , ashamed, shamefaced , remorseful , mortified
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Fraught
(adj) - anxious, worried , upset , distraught, overwrought ,agitated
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Unflinching
(adj) - determined, dodge, persistent, preserving (adig)
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Debunk
(v) - refute , contradict , belie , confound , discredit, negate , rebut , shoot (parda phash karna)
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Earmark
(v) - allocate, consecrate , dedicate , devote , reserve , save , set it ( avantin karna , samarpit karna )
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Chaasm
(n) - abysm ,abyss ,deep , gulf , ocean ( drar )
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Bonhomie
(n) - happiness, cordiality,afability, amiability, sociability, friendliness
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Bulge
(n) - surge , rise , increase , boost , swelling , bump, lump
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Skirmish
(n) - fight , battle, clash , conflict, encounter , confrontation
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Fleece
(v) - cheat , chisel , chouse , con , cozen , defraud
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The gift of the gap
Articulacy , articulateness , elonquence , poetry , rhetoric
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Allow for
Admit , acknowledge , recognize , agree , accept , concede
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Alight upon
Bump into , come across , come upon , confront , detect
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Bear out
Confirm, corroborate, substantiate , support, validate , verify , vindicate
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Carry way
Entrance , rap , rapture , ravish , transport
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Dispense with
Abolish , dispose of , do without , forgo , get rid of, ignore , relinquish
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Augment
(v) - accelerate, add(to), aggrandize , amplify, boost , bulid up, compound
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Telling
(adj) - convincing , decisive , effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong
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Acclaimed
Adj- praise , applause, cheers , tribute , accolade , acclamation, plaudits
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Flamboyant
Adj . - confidient , lively, buoyant , energetic, vibrant , vivacious , extravagant
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Denigrate
(v) - abuse , admonish , censure , verb condemn, criticize severly ,
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Slog
(v) - hike , tramp, walk , walkabout ( kathin parishram karna )
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Gumption
(n) - intiative, resourcefulness, enterprise, imagination, imaginativeness, ingenuity (bhudhimani shahasi )
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Plea
(n) - appeal, entreaty, supplication, petition, prayer, request, call
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Antecedent
(n) - ancestors, forefathers, forebear, predecessor, progenitor
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Provocation
(n) - stimulus , promoting, inducement, encouragement, urging , inspiration
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Defamation
(n) - infringement, calumny , litigation, mispresentation, slander ( manhani)
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Cohort
(n) - mate , follower , companion, comrade , disciple , adherent
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Landmark
(n) - milestone , benchmark, marker , memorial, museum, battleground
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Statutory
Lawful, legal, judicial , rightful
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Convicted
( Adj) - Officially found guilty , condemn , damned , dommed , fated
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Detergent
(n) - obstruction , block , barrier , inhibition ,hindrance , impediment
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Dubious
(adj) - doubtful , uncertain, unsure doubt , indoubt , hesitant, undecided,
Unsettled
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Credentials
Capabilities , qualification, stuff , goods
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Denouement
(n) - ending, finishing ,close , culmination, climax , conclusion
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A pie in the sky
Illusion, delusion , fantasy , pipe dream , daydream , revive , mirage
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Lackadaisical
(adj) - lacking enthusiasm, carelessly ,lazy, enervated , languishing, limp, listless
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Cynical
(adj) - Someone who believes people care about themselves
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Patronage
(n) - sponser , financier , backer , subsidizer , underwriter, benefactor , guarantor
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Pronouncement
(n) - announcement, proclamation, declaration, formal statement, assertion
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Decriminalize
(v) - legitimize, allow, permit, regulate , sanction, declare lawful
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Crunch
(v) - grind , bite ,chew , masticate , crux , difficulty, chump
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Spur
(v) - encourage , propmt, propel, prod , induce , impel , motivate ,
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Reiteration
(n) - redo, remake , repeat , duplicate, , repilcate
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Succor
(n) - support, backing , relief , comfort , ease, guidance
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Overshoot
(v) - exceed , outreach , outrun ,overpass, overreach
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Allocation
(n) - (nirdharit rashi)
Syn. - allotment, assignment, issuing,
Grant , awarding
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Outlay
(n) - (kharch)
Syn.- cost, price , charge , payment, disbursement, investment
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Arresting
(adj) - ( akarshak)
Syn. - imposing, spectacular, breathtaking, dazzling, amazing , astounding
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Tide over
Mean - shayata karna
Syn. - help out , assist , aid
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Dissident
(n) - ( asantushto)
Syn. - objector , protestor , disputant, rebel , revolutionary
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Dissidence
(n) - (matbhed)
Syn. - disagreement, dissent, disaccord, disapproval, opposition, resistance
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Retreat
(v) - chle jana
Syn. - withdraw, drawback , pull out , fall back, give away
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Take to
Mean- ( adat bnana)
Syn. - accept , advocate, appreciate, approve
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Discontent
(n) - (asantosh)
Syn. Uneasiness, inquietude, restlessness, displeasure
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Amenity
(n) - (sukh suvidha )
Syn. - advantage , comfort , benefit , arrangement, opportunity, facility
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Austerity
(n) - (kathor niyam)
Syn. - hardness, harshness , inclemency, inflexibility, obduracy, rigidity , seariousness
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Unprecedented
(adj) - (abhutbhurav)
Syn. - unequalled. Unmatched, extraordinary, uncommon unusal, ordinary
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Unprecedented
(adj) - (abhutbhurav)
Syn. - unequalled. Unmatched, extraordinary, uncommon unusal, ordinary
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Unflinching
Adj . - (adamay)
Syn. - resolute , determined , single minded , dogged , decided , resolved , firm
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Herald
(v) - ( kisi ane ke suchna dena )
Syn. - adviser , bearer , courier, forerunner, harbinger , indication
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Contemplate
(v) - (vichar karna )
Syn.- aim, consider , envisage , forsee,
Intend , mean , ponder
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Exemplery
(adj) - (anukardiy)
Syn. - admirable , commendable, estimable, honorable , laudable, meritorious
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Categorical
(adj) - (susapasht)
Syn.- absolute , clear cut , define, emphatic, forthright, ambiguous , unequivocal
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Categorical
(adj) - (susapasht)
Syn.- absolute , clear cut , define, emphatic, forthright, ambiguous , unequivocal
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Unrivalled
(adj) - (adivitya)
Syn. Unbeaten , unexcelled, incomparable , beyound compare , inimitable
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Gadfly
(n) - (kasht dene wala manushay)
Syn.- nuisance, dilettante, bother , critic , busy body
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Dissent
(n) - (matbhed)
Syn.- discord, dissension, disunity, objection, opposition, protest
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Righteous
(adj) - (sadachari)
Syn.- conscientious, ethical, Honorable, law abiding, noble , pure ,
Spiritual
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Certitude
(n) - yakin
Syn.- certainty, confidences, sureness, positiveness, conviction,
Reliability, assuredness
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Ostensible
(adj) - (pratayksh)
Syn.- apparent, assumed, evident, ostensive , presumed
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Concession
Syn. - acknowledgement , admission, compromise, deal , grant , permit
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Viability
(n) - sakshmata
Syn.- workable, possible, within reach, feasible, applicable , executable
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Augment
(v) - (vridhi karna)
Syn.- added , aggregated , amplified, componded, duplicated , increased
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Pivot
(n) - ( important)
Syn. - fulcrum , axel , centre , heart , hinge ,hub , kingpin , shaft
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Envisage
(v) - ( sambhavna ka dhyan karna )
Syn.- confront ,consider, image , picture, regard , visualize
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Loath
(adj) - (anichchuk)
Syn.- disinclined, dubious, hesitant, indisposed, reluctant, reticent
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Loathe
(v) - (kosna)
Syn.- abhor, abominate , despise , detest , hate
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Vigil
(n) - (satark)
Syn.- observance , patrol, attention, awareness, duty, gaurd, lookout, monitoring
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Warry
(adj) - (sandehshil)
Syn.- suspicious, cautious, watchful, guarded, circumspect, prudent, vigilant
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Summon
(v)- ( bulana)
Syn- call, cite, challenge, convene, convoke , invite , bid
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Rigorous
(adj) - (sakhti ke sath )
Syn.- strict ,sever, stern , stringent, austere, spartan, tough ,hard , harsh ,rigid
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Abduct
(v) - ( apaharan karna )
Syn.- kidnap , shanghai, steal , release , seize , molest , carry off
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Obliterate
(v) - (namo nishan mita dena )
Syn. - wipe off , hide , kill, wipe out , erase , obscure, veil, blot out
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Prerogative
(n) - (vishesh adhikar)
Syn. - entitlement, right , privilege, advantage, liberty, Authorization, power , licence
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Impunity
(n) - (dandd mukti)
Syn.- immunity, indemnity, amnesty, exemption, pardon
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Condemn
(v) - (ninda karna)
Syn. - censure, criticize , denounce , reprehend , reprobate
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Stricture
(n) - ( vyavhar ko niyantrit karne wala)
Syn. - tightness , criticism, obloquy, rebuke , chocking , strangulation, check, squeezing
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Notwithstanding
Mean - ( ke bawajud )
Syn. - nevertheless, none the less , even so , in spite of , desipte this , after everything , still
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Brazen
(adj) - (besharam)
Syn. - shamless , immodest, unabashed , unembarrassed, presumptuous, unblushing
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Exonerate
(v) - ( doshmukat karna )
Syn. - absolve , acquite , clear , discharge , exculpate , exempt , forgive, vindicate
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Cognizance
(n) - ( gyan )
Syn. - perception, cognition, awareness, knowledge , notice
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Embolden
(v) - (sahas dena)
Syn. - bear up , buck up , inspire , encourage, cheer up , hearten
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Misdemeanor
(n) - ( khrab acharan )
Syn. - dirt , fault , infringement, misbehaviour, misconduct, miscue , offence
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Exemplary
(n) -( udaharanatamk )
Syn. - perfect , ideal , model , faultless, without fault , copybook , flawless, impeccable
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Mete out
Mean - भुगतवाना
Syn.- distribute, administer , deal , parcel out, dispense, shell out
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Ameliorate
(v) - sudharna
Syn. - amend , better , enhance , enrich , help, meliorate , perfect , improve , perfect
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Extract
(v) - ( sar tatv nikalna)
Syn. - take out , draw out , bring out , pull out , remove , withdraw , extricate
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Conundrum
(n) - (paheli)
Syn. - puzzle ,paradox , enigma , poser , perplexity , show , mystery , quandery
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Bulwark
(n) - ( bachav )
Syn. - buttress, barrier , defence, parapet , rampart , fortification, bastion, defend , fort
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Exotic
(adj) - ( akarshak )
Syn. - alien , alluring, bizarre, colourfull, curries , different, fascinating , glamorous
