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ABATE
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subside or moderate
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ABERRANT
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abnormal or deviant
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ABEYANCE
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suspended action
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ABSCOND
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depart silently and hide
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ABSTEMIOUS
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sparing in eating and drinking (ADJ)
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ADMONISH
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warn; reprove (V)
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ADULTERATE
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make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
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AESTHETIC
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artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful;
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AGGREGATE
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gather; accumulate;
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ALACRITY
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cheerful promptness; eagerness;
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ALLEVIATE
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relieve
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AMBIGUOUS
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unclear or doubtful in meaning
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AMBIVALENCE
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the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes;
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AMALGAMATE
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combine; unite in one body;
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AMELIORATE
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improve
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ANACHRONISM
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something or someone misplaced in time;
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ANALOGOUS
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comparable
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ANARCHY
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absence of governing body; state of disorder;
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ANOMALOUS
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abnormal; irregular;
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ANTIPATHY
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aversion; dislike;
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APATHY
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lack of caring; indifference;
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APPEASE
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pacify or soothe
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APPRISE
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inform
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APPROBATION
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approval;
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APPROPRIATE
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acquire; take possession of for one's own use;
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ARDUOUS
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hard; strenuous;
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ARTLESS
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without guile; open and honest;
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ASCETIC
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practicing self denial; austere;
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ASSIDUOUS
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diligent
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ASSUAGE
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easen or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger);
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ATTENUATE
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make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree)
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AUDACIOUS
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daring; bold;
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AUSTERE
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forbiddingly stern; severely simple; severely simple and unornamented;
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AUTONOMOUS
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self-governing
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AVER
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assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally as a fact;
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BANAL
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hackneyed; commonplace;
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BELIE
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contradict; give a false impression
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BENEFICENT
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kindly; doing good;
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BOLSTER
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support; reinforce;
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BOMBASTIC
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pompous; using inflated language;
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BOORISH
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rude; insensitive
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BURGEON
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grow forth; send out buds;
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BURNISH
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make shiny by rubbing; polish;
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BUTTRESS
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support; prop up;
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CACOPHONOUS
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discordant; inharmonious
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CAPRICIOUS
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unpredictable; fickle;
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CASTIGATION
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punishment; severe criticism;
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CATALYST
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agent that influences the pace of a chemical reaction while it remains unaffected and unchanged;
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CATALYST
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person or thing that causes action;
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CAUSTIC
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burning; sarcastically biting;
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CHICANERY
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trickery; deception;
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COAGULATE
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thicken; congeal; clot;
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CODA
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concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes or concludes;
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COGENT
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convincing;प्रभावशाली;powerfully persuasive
कम्पनी को agent हरु (persuade)मनाउन सक्ने हुन्छन |
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COMMENSURATE
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corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate;
come let's ensure the equal amount for our work |
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COMPENDIUM
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brief, comprehensive summary;
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COMPLAISANT
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trying to please; overly polite; obliging;
com + plais(please) + ant come and please the a(u)nt..lol |
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COMPLIANT
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yielding; conforming to requirements;
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CONCILIATORY
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reconciling; soothing;
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CONDONE
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overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse;
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CONFOUND
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confuse; puzzle
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CONNOISSEUR
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person competent to act as a judge of art, etc.; a lover of an art;
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CONTENTION
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claim; thesis;
theis को कसले tension लिन्छ |
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CONTENTIOUS
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quarrelsome;कलहप्रिय
continous us us भन्ने मान्छे कलहप्रिय हुन्छ |
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CONTRITE
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penitent;feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
(Con)Count rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT. |
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CONUNDRUM
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riddle; difficult problem;
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CONVERGE
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approach; tend to meet; come together;
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CONVOLUTED
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coiled around; involved; intricate;
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CRAVEN
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cowardly;
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DAUNT
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intimidate; frighten;
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DECORUM
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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners;
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DEFAULT
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failure to act (N)
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DEFERENCE
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courteous regards for another's wish. courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes";
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DELINEATE
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portray; depict; sketch;
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DENIGRATE
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blacken;
focus on nigrate |
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DERIDE
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ridicule; make fun of;
riding a horse upside down.. ppl will make fun of you saying motion is like having sex |
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DERIVATIVE
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unoriginal; obtained from another source
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DESICCATE
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dry up;
देशी CAKE सुक्का हुन्छ |
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DESULTORY
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random;
Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing. |
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DETERRENT
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something that discourages; hindrance;
torrent कसैले use गर्यो भने अरु computer चलाउने लाइ discourage feel हुन्छ |
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DIATRIBE
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bitter scolding; invective;
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DICHOTOMY
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split; branching into two parts;
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DIFFIDENCE
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shyness; Lack of self confidence
no confidence |
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DIFFUSE
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wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas);
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DIGRESSION
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wandering away from the subject;
de+regression away from topic |
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DIRGE
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lament with music
दिर्घे music सुन्दै पछुतो मान्छ |
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DISABUSE
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correct a false impression; undeceive;
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DISCERNING
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mentally quick and observant; having insight;
Discerning is similar to "Discovering". to discover you must be first to know it so you must be quick and observant |
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DISCORDANT
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not harmonious; conflicting;
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DISCREDIT
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defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve;
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DISCREPANCY
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lack of consistency; difference;
sounds like dis consistency |
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DISCRETE
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separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts;
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DISINGENUOUS
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not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness;insincere;कपटी
dis genius मान्छे हरु कपटी हुन्छन आफ्नो कुरा अरुले थाहा पाउलान् कि भनेर frank पनि हुदैनन् |
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DISINTERESTED
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unaffected by self-interest; unprejudiced;
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DISJOINTED
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lacking coherence; separated at the joints;
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DISMISS
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eliminate from consideration; reject;
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DISPARAGE
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belittlle; तुच्छ समझिने
"She disparaged her student's efforts" while displaying rage against something you think that object is not important or belittle that object |
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DISPARATE
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basically different; unrelated; पृथक
दिपा को रेट अर्कै छ किनाभने उ अरुभन्दा different छे |
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DISSEMBLE
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disguise; pretend;
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DISSEMINATE
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distribute; spread; scatter;
Dis+seminate -Think of seminate as "semen". You use your semen to spread and disperse your genes to many random woman, especially when intoxicated |
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DISSOLUTION
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disintegration; looseness in morals;
to dissolve in solution easily due to low moral like low bonds in water |
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DISSONANCE
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discord; opposite of harmony;
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DISTEND
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expand; swell out;
The distended bellies of the starving cows सुन्निनु |
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DISTILL
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purify; refine; concentrate;
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DIVERGE
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vary
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DIVEST
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strip; deprive;
भेस्ट खोल्दिनु |
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DOCUMENT
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provide written evidence;
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DOGMATIC
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opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal;
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DORMANT
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sleeping; lethargic; latent;
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DUPE
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somebody easily fooled
dupe dudes are easily fooled even by showing duplicate objects |
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EBULLIENT
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showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm; joyously unrestrained
The fans greeted the members of the world cup winning team with ebullient enthusiasm. Your dad purchasing you a new 'Enfield Bullet' so you shpw ur 'Excitement' |
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ECLECTIC
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selective;selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
sounds like selectic |
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EFFICACY
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power to produce desired effect;क्षमता
effi+केकी = केकी ले जे सोच्यो त्यो पुगेको छ |
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EFFRONTERY
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impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; presumptuousness;
अगाडी गएर बोल्डलि बोल्ने audacious |
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ELEGY
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poem or song expressing lamentation;
sounds like algae ,, algae song means to express the sad feeling for the death of the people by drowning in water |
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ELICIT
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draw out by discussion;
eli+sit hey Eli lets sit and make decision |
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EMBELLISH
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make more beautiful; adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story;
emBELLish--we add BELL to the Christmas tress to adorn it |
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EMPIRICAL
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derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; based on experience;
an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known |
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EMULATE
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compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with; imitate; rival;
grandma gave me amulet and with this amulet i will compete with messi |
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ENDEMIC
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prevailing in a specific group of people or in a specific area of country;
epidemic is found widely but endemic is found in certain region for e.g endemic climate |
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ENERVATE
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weaken;
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ENGENDER
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cause; produce;
gender means son and daughter , whatever it is it is produced by parents. |
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ENHANCE
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increase; improve;
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EPHEMERAL
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short-lived; fleeting;
e+fame+ral fame is not everlasting it is short lived and fleeting |
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EQUANIMITY
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calmness or temperament; composure;
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EQUIVOCATE
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lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth;
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ERUDITE
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learned; scholarly;
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ESOTERIC
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hard to understand; known only to a chosen few;
esso + tirik एस्सो टिरिक नलाई नबुझिने |
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EULOGY
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expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death;
YOU + LOGY i will praise you when you die |
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EUPHEMISM
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mild expression in place of an unpleasant one;
Assuming: females are milder than males as they are more emotionally inclined. It reads like E(xpress) U(yourself) Phemism(like feminism). |
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EXACERBATE
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worsen; embitter;
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EXCULPATE
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clear from blame; exonerate;
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EXIGENCY
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urgent situation;
sounds like urgency |
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EXTRAPOLATION
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projection; conjecture;
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FACETIOUS
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joking (often inappropriately); humorous;
making funny FACE Sarcasm can be both positive and negative; facetiousness is only the positive form |
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FACILITATE
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help bring about; make less difficult;
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FALLACIOUS
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false; misleading;
split it like fallac+ious...if you just concentrate on fallac..it look like FALSE,......so THINK that SOMETHING is based on a FALSE OR incorrect notion..... |
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FATUOUS
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brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug;
fat you us Hey Fat you made us foolish you insane fat ass |
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FAWNING
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trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering or cringing;
like fauna~~animal ur pet tryin 2 please u 4 u givin it a meal |
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FELICITOUS
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apt; suitably expressed; well-chosen;
Fellow + sit + with (us) that fellow was well chosen for us |
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FERVOR
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feelings of great warmth and intensity;
intense feeling of love RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM & AND YOU GET warm attention when u have fever |
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FLAG
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droop; grow feeble;निरुत्साह होना
white flag is used to indicate surrender as in a war, a white flag is used to indicate acceptance of defeat. thus low in vigour, grow feeble |
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FLEDGLING
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inexperienced;
young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying; fully fledged = mature or experienced.. but fledgling means the one who isn't matured |
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FLOUT
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reject; mock; show contempt for;उल्लंघन गर्नु
FLOUT is to treat with contempt. If you have CLOUT you are treated with respect |
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FOMENT
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stir up; instigate; incite;उत्तेजित गर्नु
to produce foam in surf we must stir up |
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FORESTALL
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prevent by taking action in advance;
Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence Forestall == Before Stop. i.e to stop something before it happens. |
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FRUGALITY
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thrift; economy; marked by avoiding waste and being economical;कमखर्ची
FEW+GIRL friend...if you have few girl friends,it's ECONOMICAL...when you have many,it's costly.....and frugal means the quality of being economical with money or food... |
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FUTILE
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useless; hopeless; ineffectual;
futile is not fertile.. hence not fruitful |
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GAINSAY
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challenge , dispute; deny; चुनौती दिनु
She has gained enough weight and still challenges others |
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GARRULOUS
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loquacious; wordy; talkative; Excessively talkative; Excessively wordy and rambling
Girl+rule+us Girls, rule us!" They rule us in their ability to talk non-stop about nonsensical matter.. |
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GOAD
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Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction
goad tells you to "GO And Do [it]" भनेर उक्साउनु |
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GOUGE
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overcharge
In slang language we call goggles as gouge - So when you buy a pair of branded gouge, which are expensive, you think the shopkeeper is overcharging you. |
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GRANDILOQUENT
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pompous; bombastic; using high sounding language;
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GREGARIOUS
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sociable;
gre garious -> GRE गरेपछि मान्छे मिलनसार हुन्छ |
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GUILELESS
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without deceit;
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GULLIBLE
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easily deceived;
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HARANGUE
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long; passionate, and vehement speech;उग्र भाषण दिनु
har rang मा रिस थियो त्यो भासन मा |
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HOMOGENEOUS
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of the same kind;
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HYPERBOLE
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exaggeration; overstatement;
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ICONOCLASTIC
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attacking cherished traditions;
icons are attractive |
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IDOLATRY
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worship of idols; excessive admiration;
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IMMUTABLE
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unchangeable;
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IMPAIR
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injure; hurt;make worse or less attractive
Opposite of Repair.Repair is to mend, Impair is to Injure.. |
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IMPASSIVE
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without feeling; imperturbable; stoical;
A person saying-"I m Passive(Not Active)", that means he has no feelings,emotions. |
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IMPEDE
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hinder; block;
बाटोमा पेड गिरेर बाटो block भयो |
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IMPERMEABLE
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impervious; not permitting passage through its substance;
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IMPERTURBABLE
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calm; placid;
im-'not'+perturb(able), meaning not perturbed....so a person who is not perturbed stays calm and placid. |
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IMPERVIOUS
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impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed;अप्रभावित;
im(not)+pravesh(enter) so unpenetrable. |
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IMPLACABLE
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incapable of being pacified; incapable of being placated;
placate means to make in favor, मनाउनु e.g. an implacable enemy Sounds like IMPLEASABLE -- some one who cannot be pleased or appeased -- not pacifiable |
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IMPLICIT
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understood but not stated;
impli+cit--- tacit(CIT) means understand without being expressed so IMPLICIT means implied without directly expressed |
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IMPLODE
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burst inward;
ex+plode means to explode outwards while implode means to explode inwards |
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INADVERTENTLY
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unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly;गलतीले, थाहा नभएर
in + advertisements...without getting an idea from the advertisement we end up buying wrong product i.e. inadvertently |
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INCHOATE
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recently begun; rudimentary; elementary;अपरिपक्व; immature
IN+cho+ate इन फलको मत खाओ ये अभि अपरिपक्क हे |
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INCONGRUITY
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lack of harmony; absurdity;
incongruous=In+congress के सारे नेता बिना मेल के ही काम करते हैं |
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INCONSEQUENTIAL
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insignificant; unimportant;
consequence means result- we are never worried about the result of inconsequential or worthless things. |
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INCORPORATE
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introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite;
IN CORPORATE life you have to integrate and to become united to have greater profits |
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INDETERMINATE
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uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite;
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INDIGENCE
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poverty;
Indica + Zen (Cars)...Cars owned by poor people. |
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INDOLENT
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lazy
andoln active indolent inactive lazy |
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INERT
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inactive; lacking power to move
remember inert gas |
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INGENUOUS
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naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated;
genius people are truthful |
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INHERENT
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Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute: "inherent dangers".
Vested in (someone) as a right or privilege: "the president's inherent power". syn. underlying like heredity which is underlying characteristics |
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INNOCUOUS
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harmless
in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........ means not noxious......something which is not noxious is harmless... |
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INSENSIBLE
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unconscious; unresponsive;
who cannot sense |
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INSINUATE
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hint; imply; creep in;
when i snatched the cadbuary 4m my small bros hand and ate it my atomach started paining as if its HINTING /IMPLYING to me that :"IN SIN U ATE....".......:) |
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INSIPID
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lacking in flavor; dull;
in+ sipid(spell it as spit..) ,we spit when the FOOD LACKS FLAVOR : or it is TASTELESS.. |
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INSULARITY
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narrow-mindedness; isolation;
we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we are ISOLATING the wires from the environment.. |
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INTRACTABLE
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unruly; stubborn; unyielding;difficult to manage or mold
Intractable: things which can not be brought in the right track... opposite of tractable. |
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INTRANSIGENCE
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refusal to any compromise; stubbornness; कट्टरता
intrance for gens only .. no any compromise for ladies we are stubborn in this |
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INUNDATE
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overwhelm; flood; submerge;
I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was FLOODED with letters from christian societies for violating the social norms. We were inundated by the software bugs. |
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INURED
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accustomed (get used to) ;e.g. inured to cold.
made tough by habitual exposure Someone getting INjURED frequently will get HARDENED and ACCUSTOMED to pain. |
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INVECTIVE
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Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.
A VECTOR pointing towards u and abusing.. lolz |
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IRASCIBLE
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irritable; easily angered;
rascals are easily angered |
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IRRESOLUTE
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uncertain how to act or proceed
think urself as inspector and suddenly a commisoner came u will confused whether to salute u r uncertain about it as he is in formal dress |
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ITINERARY
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plan of a trip;
the car i10 is rarely used to plan a trip in it... |
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LACONIC
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brief and to the point;
lac of words i.e brief and to the point |
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LASSITUDE
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weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you will go into a lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and ultimately go to sleep. |
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LATENT
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potential but undeveloped;dormant;
remember latent heat is amount of hidden heat |
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LAUD
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praise;
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LETHARGIC
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drowsy; dull;
lethargic sounds like leth(LOST)+argic(energy).....so you have LOST ALL YOUR ENERGY,THATS why you are feeling DULL AND DROWSY. |
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LEVEE
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earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding
levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land ,with LEVEE so that there is no seep of water |
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LEVITY
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lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity;
lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without any seriousness |
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LOG
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record of a voyage ro fight; record of day to dat activities;
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LOQUACIOUS
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talkative;
लौका खाने मान्छे धेरै बोल्छ |
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LUCID
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easily understood; clear; intelligible;
remember lucid |
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LUMINOUS
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shining; issuing light;
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MAGNANIMITY
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generosity;उदारता
माग्न नै नपर्ने आफै दिने उदार मन भएको |
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MALINGERER
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कामचोर; one who pretends illness to escape duty;
malinga is कामचोर |
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MALLEABLE
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capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable;
male हरु ज भन्यो त्यो मान्छन सजिला छन् |
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MAVERICK
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rebel; nonconformist;स्वतंत्र विचारों वाला
remember mera meverick name of open source operating system ; reble people use this who needs freedom |
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MENDACIOUS
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lying; habitually dishonest;
A mendacious child must be reprimanded. amend is to change or improve so mendacious person's talk must be considered only by amending because they are dishonest |
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METAMORPHOSIS
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change of form
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METICULOUS
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excessively careful; attentive to detail
The teacher was meticulous in preparing her lecture notes. it sounds like matriculation(admission to a college).To get matriculation we should be as a meticulous(careful) aspirant to clear the exam. |
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MISANTHROPE
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one who hates mankind;
philanthropic loves mankind misanthrope hates mankind mis+anthrope |
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MITIGATE
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lessen in intensity; moderate; appease;
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MOLLIFY
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soothe
बारीमा मल हालेर हराबरा बनाउदा आनन्द हुन्छ soothing feel hunchha |
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MOROSE
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moody; ill-humored; sullen; melancholy.
sounds like मोरोस we say this to ill humored and moody person whom we usally hate |
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MUNDANE
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worldly as opposed to spiritual;
earthly rather than heaven and spiritual Having less excitement |
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NEGATE
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cancel out; nullify; deny;
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NEOPHYTE
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recent convert; beginner;
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OBDURATE
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stubborn;showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
OB+DU+RATE realate it as AB(OB) RATE DoUble ho gaya,and the seller was very STUBBORN about that |
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OBSEQUIOUS
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slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic;attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
The obsequious shop assistant forced me to buy a t-shirt. |
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OBVIATE
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make unnecessary; get rid of;
sounds like avoid |
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OCCLUDE
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shut; close;
when you include someone they are welcome and the gates are always open but when you OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome and hence the gates are SHUT or CLOSED on them. The car was wrongly parked and occluded the path of other cars. |
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OFFICIOUS
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meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services;
OFFICIOUS,the first part of the word sounds similar to office. Imagine a government office where people poke their nose in other's affairs, they are INTERFERING. |
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ONEROUS
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burdensome;
it sounds like on+er+us..that is ONUS.. when something is ON US ..we feel burdensome |
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OPPROBRIUM
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infamy; vilification;a state of extreme dishonor
If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame. |
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OSCILLATE
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vibrate pendulumlike; waver;
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OSTENTATIOUS
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showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention;
oSTENTATIOUS....read it as Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to attract attention, showy. |
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PARAGON
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model of perfection;
आदर्श |
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PARTISAN
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one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party;पक्षावलम्बी
remember being a son of communist you are one-sided to communism |
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PATHOLOGICAL
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pertaining to disease;
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PAUCITY
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scarcity,अभाव
cityमा पाउको अभाव भयो |
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PEDANTIC
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concerned with minor details and rules; showing off learning; bookish;
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PENCHANT
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strong inclination; liking;विशेष रुचि
p+enchant something that enchants you have strong desire on you or like that very much |
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PENURY
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severe poverty; stinginess; destitution; गरीबी
pen (penny) + ury (uri means ud gayi in hindi) means penny penny ud gayi matlab poverty |
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PERENNIAL
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something long-lasting;सदाबहार
if you remember we have learnt about perennial rivers in social studies which means LONG LASTING rivers |
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PERFIDIOUS
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treacherous; disloyal;विश्वासघाती
perfidious --- perfume relate to perfume which reminds us of a beautiful lady who could be disloyal to you |
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PERFUNCTORY
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superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care or enthusiasm;hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
per+FUNC+tory .. FUNC stands for function i.e. job.. so if you are doing a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough about it.. doing job superficially.. it is called a perfunctory act.. |
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PERMEABLE
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penetrable; porous; allowing liquid or gas to pass through;
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PERVASIVE
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spread throughout;
sounds like प्रबासी so it represents all the प्रबासी नेपाली who are spread throughout world |
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PHLEGMATIC
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calm; not easily disturbed;
He is a phlegmatic and an undemonstrative man. sounds like flag माथि so गाडी माथि देशको झन्डा राखेर हिड्ने मान्छेहरु calm हुन्छन छिट्टै excite हुदैनन् |
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PIETY
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devoutness; reverence for God;ईश्वर भक्ति
The priest was impressed by her piety Pie+tea if we get a pie and a tea when we are hungry we thank god and devout to him. Or else when we need them we devout to god... |
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PLACATE
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pacify; conciliate;संतुष्ट गर्नु
PL + ac + ATE = a PLATE full of tasty food to SATISFY someone. |
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PLATITUDE
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trite( Overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness.) remark; commonplace statement;
flat + attitude: something flat does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks. |
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PLETHORA
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excess; overabundance;
plate थोरै देखिएपनि चाहिनेभन्दा धेरै छ excess or more than sufficient |
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PLUMMET
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fall sharply;
plummet rhymes with "comet" which falls so sharply. The stock market plummeted. |
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POROUS
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full of pores; like a sieve;
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PLASTICITY
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ability to be molded;
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PRAGMATIC
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practical (ass opposed to idealistic); concerned with the practical worth or impact of something;व्यावहारिक
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PREAMBLE
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introductory statement;
PRE(before) + AM (i) + BOL(tell): in a meeting political leaders will say: what I want to say before I start my lecture is bla bla bla. All this will take 1 hour. :) . |
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PRECARIOUS
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uncertain; risky;
We have to take CARE while doing something risky so that it does not go wrong. .. |
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PRECIPITATE
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rash; premature; hasty; sudden; (ADJ)
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PRECIPITATE
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throw headlong; hasten; (V)
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PRECURSOR
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forerunner;अगुआ
pri+cur+sir princible karauchha sirharulai kinavane principle अगुआ ho uslai dherai kura taha chha |
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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arrogant; taking liberties;
presume garne manchhe haru arrogant hunchan |
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PREVARICATE
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lie;be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
pre(before)varicate(varying) i.e varying the truth b4 bcomz a lie |
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PRISTINE
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characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled;
remember the smart svn of iOS |
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PROBITY
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uprightness; incorruptibility; complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
pro+बेटी = high morale भएको बेटी |
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PROBLEMATIC
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doubtful; questionable; unsettled; perplexing;
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PRODIGAL
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a recklessly extravagant consumer;wasteful; reckless with money;
The prodigal squandered all his wealth in gambling |
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PROFOUND
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deep; not superficial; complete;
whatever professional or researchers found(read find) has to be deep. |
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PROHIBITIVE
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tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; inclined to prevent or forbid;
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PROLIFERATE
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increase rapidly in numbers; grow rapidly; spread; multiply;
pro + life + rate : in our professional (pro) life, we should work at faster rate to grow rapidly. |
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PROPENSITY
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natural inclination;प्रवृत्ति
the propensity of disease to spread आजभोली propane भएको city मा मान्छेको बसाईसराई हुने प्रवृति बढेको छ |
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PROPITIATE
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appease;make peace;soothe; pacify
PROfessor+PITI if you want professor's pity then you would have to appease him/her. |
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PROPRIETY
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fitness; correct conduct;
त्यो proprietor |
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PROSCRIBE
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ostracize; banish; outlaw;
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PUNGENT
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stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic;
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QUALIFIED
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limited; restricted;
even though I was a QUALIFIED engineer, I was RESTRICTED from attending the conference. |
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QUIBBLE
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minor objection or complaint;
QU+babble किन किच किच गर्छ धेरै दुख नदे है तेरो मिस लाई complaint गर्दिन्छु |
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QUIESCENT
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at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive;showing no symptoms
quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so someone who is quite or shant for a period of time. |
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RAREFIED
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made less dense [of a gas]
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RECALCITRANT
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obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly;
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RECANT
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disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error;
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RECLUSE
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hermit; loner; one who lives in solitude
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RECONDITE
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abstruse; profound; secret;
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REFRACTORY
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stubborn; unmanageable;
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REFUTE
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disprove;
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RELEGATE
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banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign;
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REPROACH
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express disapproval or disappointment;
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REPROBATE
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person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency;
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REPUDIATE
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disown; disavow;
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RESCIND
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cancel
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RESOLUTION
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determination
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RESOLVE
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determination; firmness of purpose;
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RETICENT
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reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence;
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REVERENT
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respectful; worshipful;
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SAGE
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person celebrated for wisdom;
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SALUBRIOUS
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healthful;
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SANCTION
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give authority or permission to;approve; ratify;
"Saints Ton"...SAINTS have a TON of authority when it comes to giving the church permission to do things. |
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SATIATE
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satisfy fully;
sathi + ate साथीलाई pura satisfy बनाइयो |
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SATURATE
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soak thoroughly;saturate, think of it as saturated fat. Once we take saturated fat in, it will soak in our body, and become fat. (very hard to burn it off)
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SAVOR
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enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell or quality;
savor like सराब , सराबि मान्छे लाई enjoy गर्न मिठो मिठो कुरा चाहिन्छ |
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SECRETE
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place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children" . Produce and release a substance into an organism;
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SHARD
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broken piece of artifact; fragment, generally of pottery; S(शिशा) +हार्ड भएपनि फुट्यो
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SKEPTIC
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doubter; person who suspends judgment until having experienced the evidence supporting a point of view;
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SOLICITOUS
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worried; concerned;
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SOPORIFIC
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sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness;
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SPECIOUS
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seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often intentionally)
हेर्दा spacious भए पनि नहुने superficially good but misleading |
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SPECTRUM
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colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism;
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SPORADIC
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occurring irregularly;
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STIGMA
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token of disgrace; brand;
Stigma (STICK + MAA) Imagine someone hitting his MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!! |
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STINT
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thrifty; set limits;
stunt means to limit the growth similarly stint means to set limit or limit supply |
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STIPULATE
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make express conditions specify;pecify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
staple the agreement paper which specifies our property |
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STOLID
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dull; impassive;
dull people even do hang the stolen id |
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STRIATE
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marked with parallel bands; grooved;
straite means marked with striation strait parallel band |
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STRUT
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(verb) Walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.
;pompous walk; imagine the way she walks...pompous, with head erect and chest thrown out. |
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STRUT
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A rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.;supporting bar
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SUBPOENA
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A writ ordering a person to attend a court: "they were all under subpoena to appear".
"Sub + poena" in Latin means "under penalty" The person who's under penalty is required to attend the court hearing. So he's issued a subpoena. |
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SUBSIDE
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settle down; descend; grow quiet;
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SUBSTANTIATE
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solidify, firm, or strengthen; establish by evidence; verify; support;
The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country e.g. provide substantial evidence. |
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SUPERSEDE
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take the place or move into the position of
the older models have now been superseded SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE.. |
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SUPPOSITION
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hypothesis; surmise;An uncertain belief
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TACIT
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understood; not put into words;
sounds like cassette यो क्यासेट मा कुनै पनि गित छैन तेसैले यो मौन छ केहि पनि बोल्दैन |
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TANGENTIAL
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peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing;
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TENUOUS
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thin; rare; slim;
tenu US गएपछि slim भाकी छिन् |
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TIRADE
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extended scolding; denunciation; harangue; long angry or violent speech
धेरै tired भएको हुदा office को काम सकेको थिइन boss को रिसको भाषण सुन्नु पर्यो |
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TORPOR
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lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy;
people thought US was dormant while japan was attacking, Us replied answer in the single torpedoes |
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TORTUOUS
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winding; full of curves;
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TRACTABLE
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docile; easily managed;
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TRANSGRESSION
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violation of a law; sin;
Sunny Leone wore the transparent dress, that was the violation of the indian culture and beyond the limit of the society. |
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TRUCULENCE
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aggressiveness; ferocity;
usually truck drivers are aggressive |
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VACILLATE
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waver; fluctuate;
sounds like oscillate |
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VENERATE
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revere;regard with respect
when you rate someone higher, you respect him |
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VERACIOUS
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truthful;
though voracious eat too much they are honest and truthful |
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VERBOSE
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wordy;
VER for verbal BOSE for boss; so you may say that your boss is excessively verbal. |
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VIABLE
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practical or workable; capable of maintaining life;
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VISCOUS
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sticky; gluey;
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VITUPERATE
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spread negative information about; abusive; scolding;
v2(version 2) को रेट घटिया छ भनेर belie गर्नु |
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VOLATILE
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changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly;
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WARRANTED
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justified; authorized;
root word is warrant |
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WARY
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very cautious;
People who worry too much are cautious. |
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WELTER
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turmoil; bewildering jumble; (N)
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WELTER
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wallow; confuse multitude of things
I would remember it as 'world tour'. so you are planning for a world tour, but 'confused' as where to start from, because there are quite a lot countries to be covered. Hence 'confused due to multiple things'. |
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WHIMSICAL
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capricious; fanciful;
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ZEALOT
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fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal;अति उत्साही
zealot -- zeal + lot a person possessing a lot of zeal |
