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Cenotaph |
a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else ; especially : a structure built to honor the people who were killed in a war
Eg. The town of Chhatarpur, which is named after Chhatar Sal, and contains his cenotaph, is 70 m. |
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Monarchy |
a country that is ruled by a monarch (such as a king or queen)
Eg. We are replacing monarchy with self-rule |
monarch = mono (single) + arch (ruler).. |
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Sinecure |
a job or position in which someone is paid to do little or no work
Eg. A prebend is practically a sinecure, and the holder has no cure of souls as such. |
SIN+CURE....in order to cure(engulf) your sins you give crores of rupees in POLICE STATIONS and you are pardoned....hence police stations are SINECURES.... |
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Motley |
incongruously varied in appearance or character; disparate. Eg. Was raised in the midst of a motley but increasing crowd. |
If you and your friend goto shopping, he would suggest you in Hindi "Yeh Dress Math (MOT-Don't) LEY (take),Joker ki thara dhikegha". It didnt suit u as it was multi-coloured! |
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Impoverish |
: to make (someone) poor: to use up the strength or richness of (something, such as land)
Eg. the wars had impoverished him |
impoverish -- im + poverish (poverty) which means very poor. |
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Maoists |
the theory and practice of Marxism-Leninism developed in China chiefly by Mao Zedong
Eg. : out of the blue some of the youth were taken by the Maoist army. |
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Abbot |
a man who is the head of an abbey of monks
Eg. In August 1177 we know that he was abbot of the monastery of Corazzo, near Martirano. |
abbot..a+bbot..boss..a boss(head of something)+..so abbot is boss or head of a abbey of monks. |
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Abase |
Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone)
Eg. was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit |
Abase > to bring someone down back to A BASE level. |
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Punctilious |
very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way
Eg. old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety |
it is very close to word PUNCTUAL...and you pay attention to even a person who is 1 second late, that shows that you care for even very minute things too. |
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Hectic |
: very busy and filled with activity : characterized by activity, excitement, or confusion <the hectic days before the holidays>
Eg. exhausted from a hectic day at the office |
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Retaliate |
: to get revenge against someone
Eg. retaliated his neighbor's malicious destruction of his flower garden by cutting down the man's prize apple tree |
after re talying the money which u gave doesnt match so ask him to repay in kind |
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Josh |
: to talk to someone in a friendly and joking way : to tease someone in a playful way
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