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enervating

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exhausted

{energy wasting}

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shirk

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Evade

{sherif is evaded in GTA}

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protean

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everchanging

{protein and DNA keeps changing}

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derelict

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abandoned /deserted

{deleted}

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inveterate

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deep-seated/ congenital / ingrained / habitual

{virtues in veterants are deep seated in their character}

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lachrymose

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sad/mournful/tearful

{do not lack remorse}

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supercilious

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arrogant/ contemptuous

{super sully asshole}

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altruism

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one who keeps others before oneself

{all true ; u before me}

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gainsay

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to contradict / oppose / criticize

{against say}

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remiss

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careless

{re missed the class}

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sanctimonious

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making a show of morally superior to other people

{sanctty sold for money}

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abjure

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reject/refuse

{one with abs can refuse the jury’s decision}

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adjure

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request

{one who wants his product’s add to be there must request/take permission from the jury}

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insidious

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gradual or subtle but very harmful effects

{Insidious movie m Ghost slowly kills its host}

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mendacious

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deceitful/lying

{mending for vicious ulteriors}

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homily

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lecture/scolding/lesson

{do silly things at home and get a lecture from mom}

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homely

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unattractive

{at home, girls dont do make up hence look homely}

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diffident

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shy/reticent/inhibited

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baleful

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menacing/threatening

{Joker in Christian Bale’s Batman was baleful}

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unruly

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hard to manage

{un - rulable}

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truculent

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hostile/ cruel

{truck cruel to ant}

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rapacity

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excessive greed

{wrap a city -> Govind}

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pedigree

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ancestral line/lineage

{pedia - tree}

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caveat

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warning / caution / admonition

{cave-eat}

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redolent
pleasant | {red rose odor}
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rectitude
righteousness / good virtues | {correct attitude}
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puerile
childish | {children play with purile}
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munificent
very generous | {muni declares facade to cents}
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ebullient
energetic/ exuberant | {Red Bull}
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parsimony
miser | {dude, atleast spend some money}
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slake
quench/satiate/satisfy | {lake}
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cupidity
gree for money | {cupid arrowed a wallet for Govind}
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preamble
preface/ preliminaries/ introduction | {pre + ambush}
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penchant
strong liking | {pen chant}
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curmudgeon
old grumpy irritable man | {curse + mud + dungeon}
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obsequious
too much obedience/ submissive | {obsessed}
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ubiquitous
found everywhere/ prevalent / omnipresent/ pervasive | {everywhere 'u' in the word}
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melange
mixture | {melon + orange}
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medley
mixture | {medlibs}
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transient
lasting for short time
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salutary
good / prolific / advantageou | {goof things deserve to be saluted}
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abated
to reduce | {~rebate}
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dogma
commandments / a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true {am God}
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prose
not poetic/common/ lacking innovation / unimaginative
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erratic
occurring in irregular intervals / spasmodic / inconsistent
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immutable
cannot be changed / fixed | {not - mutable}
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vociferous
noisy / loud / outspoken / frank | {voice + ferrous]
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voracious
insatiable / always hungry | {bora bhar k rice for us}
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veracious
honest | {very sach}
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glibness
smooth-talking/ slick | {Ghalib}
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candor
outspoken / frank / straightforward | {candid}
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extant
existing/surviving
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enrage
infuriate / provoke
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endanger
put something at risk /
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entrenched
make something firmly established | {making robust trenches at war-front}
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ennoble
to honour someone / to nobelise | {make someone nobble}
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confer
discuss | {confirm}
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precarious
uncertain | {pe - curious}
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spurious
fake | {puke -> bullshit}
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unwitting
unintentionally/ unknowingly | {wit = knowledge}
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*inadvertent
unintentionally/unknowingly
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quell
to stop/ to quiet /put an end to | {quench}
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quixotic
unrealistic/idealistic | {quick + exotic}
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abnegation
to renounce / to reject / refuse | {negation}
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recondite
arcane / obscure / difficult to understand / cryptic / enigmatic / perplexing {re conduct the class }
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desiccate
remove the complete moisture | {desi cake}
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lionize
treat as a celebrity / give lot of attention | {lion (Alex) in Madagascar movie was a celebrity}
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pedantic
excessively concerned with minor details and rules / over scrupulous/precise {pandits}
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extirpate
eradicate or destroy completely | {ek ek se strip kar ke ate}
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winsome
handsome
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revered
honored | {making of reverent}
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precocious
someone who attained matured thinking or skills early / someone forward or smart for their age {pre-cautious}
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pugnacious
eager to fight or argue | {punga taking obnoxious}
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innate
congenital/inherent
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stupefy
benumb / drug / sedate / confuse someone / tranquillize | {Hermoine cast stupefy spell in H.P.}
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repudiate
refuse to accept/ reject | {refuse}
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erudite
scholarly | {edu}
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pervasive
found everywhere / prevalent / omnipresent | {perva -> festivals in all parts of India}
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congenital
from birth | {genetics}
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dicey
uncertain /unpredictable | {dice -> unpredictable -> P(event) = 1/6}
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contrite
feeling and expressing sorrow or regret | {co + trite -> wll regret}
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chummy
friendly / close / affectionate | {chummy (kiss)}
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cursory
lack imagination/perfunctory/offhanded/mechanical | {cursor has a very bad resolution, someone who made it must have done uninterestingly}
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perfunctory
casually / uninterested / offhanded / superficially | {fir puncture ho gai}
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desultory
cursory / perfunctory | {de-result}
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hackneyed
banal/trite /overused
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hoary
hackneyed / banal / trite | {boaring}
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prosaic
lacking imagination/ humdrum /non-innovative | {prose}
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disingenuous
dishonest | {dis-ingenuity}
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prevaricate
acting in an evasive manner/lying/ round-about the truth | {re-fabricate}
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conspicuous
clearly visible | {can + see the + picture}
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taciturn
inhibited/shy/reticent
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formidable
forbidding/ horrifying / intimidating
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glabrous
smooth and hairless
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procrastinate
to delay / to postpone
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diminutive
small
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ineffable
inexpressable | {in F able}
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ecstatic
extremely enthusiastic /jubilant/delighted/blissful | {static electricity}
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transcend
excellent
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predilection
inclination/bias/fondness
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plight
the bad or unfortunate situation
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irascible
easily irritable/quick-tempered | {old curmudgeon Parsi says rascal}
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stultify
*to render something worthless
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conscientious
diligent / careful/ sedulous / assidous
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specious
superficially plausible, but actually wrong/misleading / false / deceptive

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