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Savant |
Learned person, scholar |
Hushiyaar |
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Onerous |
Involving great deal of difficulty, demanding |
It is difficult to get honor |
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Conflagration |
A huge fire which destroys a great property |
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Patron |
1.A person who supports an activity,person specially by giving money 2. Customer or client 3. Former protector of clients in old times |
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Morbid |
1. Horrific, frightening. 2. Characterised by abnormal interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects like death. 3. Indicative of disease |
Rogi |
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Respite |
1. Relief, interval, gap (from something unpleasant) |
Rest with sprite- respite |
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Succour |
To help in hard times |
Succouriya- thanku for help |
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Dissension |
Disagreement that leads to discord/conflict |
Di+tension |
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Accolades |
An award or special honor received as acknowledgemnt of merit |
Received various accolades |
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Heckle |
To interrupt someone,especially a speaker by using aggresive, derisive comments/questions |
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Loath |
Reluctant, unwilling |
If u took an oath, u r unwilling to break it. Masi always call abhi loath cz he is always reluctant to do anything lol |
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Entrench |
Establish so firmly that it is difficult to change |
En+trench- trench is a deep pit. When you throw something in a deep pit it is difficult to come back. |
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Talisman |
Lucky charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune |
Taweet |
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Ingenious |
Clever,original & inventive |
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Affront |
Insult, abuse, an offensive act |
When u say af to someone in front of others, u insult the person |
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Parochial |
Narrow minded. Provincial |
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Provincial |
1. Belonging to a province 2. Inhabitant of a region outside city/ town and regarded as narrow minded, unsophisticated |
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Eulogy |
Formal speech of praise especially in funerals. |
Zoology praises humans by using skeletons |
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Veer |
A sudden change of direction |
Mumy de veer |
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Malinger |
To avoid responsibilities, duties by pretending to be ill |
Linger- latkana , satying for long time |
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Gait |
Manner of walking |
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Debonair |
Gentle,charming,polished,refined,wellmannered |
Bebo- kareena kapoor charming, urbane,sophisticated |
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Detract |
To lower someone, diminish the worth of something or someone |
Subtract and diminish |
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Obligated |
Means you have to do something because te laws,rules says to do it Or to do it because you feel like you owe someone, out of gratefulness To bind legally or morally |
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Stilted |
1.Artificial, unnatural, forced,selfconcious
2. Standing on stilts(pair of upright poles) |
My conversation with teachers |
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Mar |
To damage or deface, spoil |
Kise di beauty nu mar dena |
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Regalia |
Official (military) or traditional(royal kings) clothes |
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Malign |
To defame or criticize (verb) Evil in nature (adjective) |
Tu kalo ki kya krta hai |
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Plight |
Difficult,unfortunate situation, sorry condition |
Sukha padhne pe feeling |
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Commensurate |
Similar in size, in proportion with |
Co+mensurate Same+size |
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Scald |
Burn/injury with hot liquid |
Area which get burnt becomes BALD |
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Munificient |
Very generous |
Money+sufficient therefore generous |
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Preternatural |
Supernatural, abnormal |
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Oaf |
Rough and bad mannered,coarse,unrefined, unintelligent,clumsy |
Ooff very bad beta |
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Surrogate |
Substitute |
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Dispassionate |
Fair,impartial, free from emotion |
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Estimable |
Respectable,worthy of great respect |
Esteem+able |
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Frigid |
1. Very cold 2. Unresponsive or unwilling to be sexually aroused 3. Stiff or formal in behavior |
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Ungainly |
Awkward,clumsy |
Iss motape ki vajha se situation kaisi hojati hai |
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Meandering |
1. Follow a winding/twisted path 2. Wander aimlesly |
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Betoken |
Be a sign of, indicative of |
Tell tale sign |
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Dilatory |
Slow to act Intender to cause delay |
Di +late |
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Reprehensible |
Shameful, very bad Blameworthy Deserving condemnation |
Responsible of |
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Deify |
Idolise, worship as god |
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Formidable |
Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large and powerful Intimidating |
Form a body to be fear of |
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Sully |
Damage the purity of, integrity of |
Sully toh sare kaam kharab hi krta tha |
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Benignant |
Kindly and benevolent |
Meharbaan |
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Slake |
To quench or satisfy |
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Edifying |
Enlightening Providing moral or intellectual instruction |
Edu flying |
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Predilection |
1. Preference or special liking for something 2. A bias in favour of something |
My predilection for girls |
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Elude |
Escape or avoid in cunning way |
Bachke bhaagna |
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Discrepancy |
Lack of consistency, difference Not in harmony, mismatch |
There are some discrepancies between me and godara |
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Revere |
Worship, deep respect |
Ganga river ki revere krna |
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Disparage |
Belittle, represent as of little worth |
Disparage your opponent |
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Adroit |
Clever or skillful |
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Horrendous |
Horrifying, terrible, unpleasant |
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Presentiment |
A strong feeling that something is going to happen, especially something unpleasent |
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Mirage |
1.Optical illusion 2. A wish that can't be fulfilled |
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Prowess |
1.Skill or expertise in particular field 2. Bravery in battle |
I have provess in gaming |
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Evenhanded |
Fair, unbiased, treating everyone equally |
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Strenuous |
1.Requiring or using great effort 2. Vigourosly active , energetic |
Strength |
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Circumvent |
1. Find a way around (an obstacle) 2. To overcome a prblm in clever way |
Circumference ki tarha |
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Compassionate |
Feeling or showing sympathy or concern for othrs |
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Comportment |
Behaviour, conduct |
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Sustenance |
Something regarded as strength;nourishment Means of support |
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Auspice |
A favorable sign |
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Protege |
Student, one who is guided |
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Dexterous, dexterity |
Skillful/skill in performing tasks especially with hands |
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Sanctuary |
Refuge or safety from danger |
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Pursuit |
1. Chasing someone 2 an activity of specified kind, recreational |
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Quagmire |
1. An awkward complex situation 2. Swampy boggy area |
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Congruous/congruence |
In agreement or harmony, compatible |
Like congress khush thi before modi |
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Fete |
1. Honor or entertain lavishly 2. A public function to raise charity |
Party varty |
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Calumniate/calumny |
Make false or defamatory statements about/untrue statement about someone |
Gand felana kisi ke barei mei |
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Adjourn |
Postpone or break off with intention of resuming later |
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Inculcate |
Teach persistently |
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Bode |
Be a sign of future event |
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Sorcery/sorcerer |
Use of black magic/ one who use black magic |
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Craving, yearning |
Longing, yearning, want, hankering |
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Wanting |
Lacking in required quality |
They wr wanting in confidence |
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Foster |
To promote, to nourish |
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Rebuff |
Reject with scorn(dislike) or in an ungracious manner |
Reject the non buff dudes |
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Partisan |
One sided, biased, commited to one party |
Partition ke baad ek ki side leli |
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Partisan |
One sided, biased, commited to one party |
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Obeisance |
Deferential respect, homage, a gesture expressing deferential respect |
Pay obeisance to the queen danaerys |
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Unaffected |
1.Natural 2. Showing or feeling no effect |
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Ridicule |
Subjection of something/smone to dismissive or contemptous language or behaviour |
Ridicule as ridiculous behaviour |
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Retribution |
Deserved penality or punishment |
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Besmirch |
Damage someone's reputation |
Like bitching |
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Flair |
1. Stylishness,originality,confident 2. Aptitude, ability to do something specific |
Like rick flair confident style |
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Protract/protracted |
Prolong, extend/lasting for a longer time than expected |
Protected sex can be done for longer period of time |
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Yokel |
Uneducated and unspohisticated person from countryside |
Gawaar |
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Consummate |
1. Make complete(marriage,relation) by mating 2. Showing great skill and flair |
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Egregious |
Outstandingly bad, really offensive,shocking, horrific, monsterous |
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Prognostication |
Prior knowledge of future |
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Incantation |
Magical spell |
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Circuitous |
Round about, not direct |
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Delusion |
impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of mental disorder."the delusion of being watched" Misconception, misleading |
Veham |
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Feckless |
Weak and ineffective, irresponsible, useless |
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Paraphernalia |
Miscellaneous articles |
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Wilful |
having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences. Headstrong,unmanageable,disobedient |
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Valiant/valour |
Brave, courageous |
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Riotious |
Noisy ,rowdy, public disorder |
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Rowdy |
Noisy, disorderly |
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Verbiage |
Wordiness |
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Guarded |
Cautious, having possible reservations |
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Zenith |
Highest point |
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Imbecile |
Stupid person |
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Epicurean |
Sensual enjoyment, pleasurw seeker |
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Limber |
Quick in movemnts, flexible in body, nimble |
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Lecherous |
Overindulgent in pleasures, lustful |
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Lascivious |
Lustful |
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Degenerate |
Morally corrupt person, decreaew in moral values |
Degenration X was morally very bad |
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Hedonist/hedonism |
Pleasure seekers |
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Lithe |
Flexible, active, lively |
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Fledgling |
Beginner, baby bird, immature |
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Inquitous/inquity |
Immoral, unethical, wicked |
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Smutty |
Obscene but for jokes |
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