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Temperate

Emotionally calm n controlled

Temperate demonstrator

Notorious

Extremely

The question is notoriously difficult

Tumultuous

Greatly disorder

Tumultuous lifestyle

Providential

Lucky

Providential escape

Dispassionate

Unbiased

Dispassionate judgement

Underscore

To give emphasis or support


To underline

Perceptible

Easy to see or notice

Precarious

Likely to collapse

A precarious ladder

Predicament

Very unpleasant

I dont know how to get out if this predicament

Clerical

Relating to church/religion


Relating to clerk/clergy

Pledge

To promise

The agitating parties & gov. Pledge to solve the problem.

Expiate/atone/Redeem

To free from sin

An attempt to expiate his sins

Demotic

Common

Demotic culture/lifestyle

Defy

To refuse to obey

To defy the constution

Deify

To respect sm1 as god or godess

The kings were defied

Cower/cringe

Fear

Child was cowering in the corner

Timid

Not confident


Careful

Timid receptionist/teacher

Shy

1.Easily frightened


2.not confident


3.coy

Shy animal/bird


A shy receptionist


She is attractively shy

Potray

To sketch


To communicate/represent


To play a part

The chart portrays the employment rates of diff country


He was portraying as poor farmer

Hoax

Rumor

Bomb hoax

Coax/cajole/blandish/wheedle

1.to persuade smb.smth to do smth


2.to get smthing by pursuading

to coax a dog


To coax inf

Peevish (Irritable/cantankerous/testy/surly/churlish)

Bad tempered

Inimical

Hostile or very unfruendly

Inimical demonstration/person

Despicable/contemptible

(Very bad) causing hatred

Despicable traitor

Pusillanimous

Fearful

Unflappable/phlegmatic/imperturbable

Undisturbed/calm(even in crisis)

Petty

1.Insignificant


2.holding insignificant power


3.complaining in insignificant matters

Petty cash/details


Petty staff


Petty teacher

Impudent/Insolent

Rude and impolite

Impudent youngsters

Extemporaneous/impromptu/off hand

Without planning and prepration

Extemporaneous dance

Malevolent

Desiring to harm others

Malevolent attitude

Malapropos

Unsitable

These terms applied to him seemed malapropos

Sassy

Impolite


Very stylish

Lethargy

Languor-lazy

Petulant

Showing anger or irritation

Petulant children

Decrepit/ramshackle

Worn out or ruined bcz of age or neglect

A row of decrepit houses

Turpitude/depravity

Immoral behaviour

Disparaging

Belittle

Travail/hardship

Long and unpleasant experience

Drudgery

Boring or irritating work

The housewives were left alone with their drudgery

Fiasco/flop/debcale

Complete failure

His plans turned into fiasco


The whole thing was total fiasco

Farce

Broad comedy


Ridiculous activity

The debate turned into a drunken farce