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mote |
a small piece of dust, dirt etc |
matti: it means dust or dirt |
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trove, covey |
a collection of valuable things |
sounds like treasure - which has a lot of valuable things in it |
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salvation |
something that saves someone or something from dangerous situation |
look carefully, it has save in it - which means it is something related to saving to something |
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sanguinary |
causing a lot of bloodshed |
s (yes) + angry: yes when there is a lot of anger, there is a lot of bloodshed as well! |
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resurgent |
increasing after a period of little activity |
re: again surge: meaning sudden and powerful force bringing something back with force |
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restorative |
having the ability to restore health, strength, or well-being |
restore: bring back something |
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surreptitious |
done in a secretive way, esp as it is not approved of |
it has reptile in it - they are very silent in watching things so that they wont get caught |
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gadfly |
someone who annoys people by to get something done |
remember goad which means GO AND DO IT! means the same thing |
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legitimate, simpatico |
in accordance with laws and rules acceptable, fair, reasonable |
sim + compatibility: if the sim slot is compatible then it is likeable and acceptable, else not! |
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earmark |
designate a particular outcome for (someone or something) |
it is not literal meaning but a metaphor - how an earmark is permanent to someone |
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curtail |
to prevent or limit; impose a restriction on something |
curtail sounds like cut tail - usually tails are cut so that animals are in their limits |
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lapse |
a brief or temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgement |
remember we say time lapse for tests - which means the time is over |
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solecism |
a grammatical mistake in speech or writing; an error |
when you do something solo, you will commit some mistakes whatever the field is! |
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dialect |
a local language specific only to that region or culture |
we have some dialects for telugu in telangana, andhra, and coasta regions |
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galvanize |
shock or excite (someone) into taking action |
remember galvanic corrosions? they happen in the presence of electrolytes |
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auspicious |
conducive to success; favourable day or future |
No Hint |
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subverted |
undermine the power and authority of some system |
sounds like inverted which means make something upside down, be it power or anything else...! |
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scrutinised |
to examine closely and carefully |
No Hint |
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prurient |
having an excessive interest in the sexual matters of others |
pervert + curious: perverts like RGV are always curious about sexual matters |
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flabbergasted |
surprise (someone) greatly; astonish |
when flagoisting happens, kids are very amazed to see what's next (chocolates or sweets)... |
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requite |
make appropriate return for (a favour, service, or wrongdoing) |
lannisters always be quite not because they are scared but because they are going to pay back |
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deify |
worship or regard as a god |
devi fy: which means he is treating someone as a Goddess... |
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distort |
pull or twist out of shape |
No hint |
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conjecture |
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information |
conjuring is an adventure film - he said that without even watching the film... how judgemental |
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reconcile |
restore friendly relations between two parties, say for example under quarrel |
reconstruct the relationship silently - this is what we do when we quarrel with the other person |
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putative |
generally considered or reputed to be |
sounds more like reputative... |
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deceptive |
giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading |
No hint |
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hindrance |
a thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone |
No hint |
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vivacious, mirthful |
(especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated |
in viva, why are you talking about animations and cricket live...? Because that is what the word means... |
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benign |
gentle and kind; not dangerous; no harm |
you already know this! |
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fictitious |
not real or true; imaginary or fabricated |
what do you know about fiction?! |
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venal |
motivated to take bribe or encourage bribery and corruption |
according to penal code bribery is an punishable offense... so stop it! |
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wither |
become dry; all into decay or decline |
weather of the nature will make everything dry out and decay sometime or the other |
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ignominious |
deserving or causing public disgrace or shame |
igniting mini buses and killing children, they have done such a shameless act to protest |
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unseemly |
(of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate |
un + seem: this act does not seem to be appropriate at all... LOL |
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antedate; predate |
precede in time; come before (something) in date |
date: meaning present and anti: meaning opposite of something - usually we say that past is the opposite of present |
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effusive |
expressing gratitude or pleasure in a heartfelt manner |
effect of her gratitude was fusive - meaning it was soooo natural!! |
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compelling |
evoking interest, or attention in a powerfully irresistible way; enthralling; captivating |
You know this word. No hint |
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exempted |
free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others |
You know this word. No hint |
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amortise |
reduce or pay off (a debt) with regular payments |
what is mortgage? some kind of debt that you need to pay eventually... |
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sentry |
a soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place |
sentinal island: this place is guarded by horrific tribes |
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harbinger |
a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another |
ham burger: when you eat a ham burger you feel like eating another one! |
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deport |
expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status |
vijay mallya was asked to be deported from british |
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cede, concede |
give up (power or territory) |
cede sounds like sediment which means to settle to the ground |
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postulate |
suggest fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning; like 'this is the reason for this event' |
post + late: when the post delivery is late, they will give us a clear fact and reason why it is late... |
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decipher |
to try to find the meaning or understand something |
You know this word |
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defunct |
no longer existing or functioning |
de + function: meaning something is opposite of functioning... not functioning |
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stagnation |
to stop developing, progressing, moving |
No hint |
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ulterior |
existing beyond what is obvious or admitted; intentionally hidden |
ultimately interior - this means the ultimate goal is to keep something interior (hidden) |
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recidivist |
a criminal who continues to commit crimes repeatedly |
re + visit - few criminals are re visiting the jail because they continue doing crimes |
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exalt |
think or speak very highly of (someone or something) |
sounds like excellent - meaning someone being praised as excellent very highly |
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pretension |
a unpleasant quality of ppl who think themselves as more successful or impressive |
pre + tension: people who have pre tension feel that they are being impressive by being tensed about everything around... |
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conceited |
excessively proud of oneself |
concentric - which means having same centre. people who have ego are very self-centered |
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wanting |
lacking in a required or necessary quality |
No hint |
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transcendent |
be or go beyond the range or limits of (a field of activity or conceptual sphere). |
remember transcendental meditation... it was meant to take your mind to next dimension |
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iridescent |
showing luminous colours that seem to change when seen from different angles |
apple's new iris display has 15 million colours...! |
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ramification |
a complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event |
ram + fight: if lord rama has to fight then the consequences would be really serious! |
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delectable |
very delicious; extremely attractive |
sounds somewhat like delicious...! |
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unremitting |
never relaxing or slackening; incessant |
un + emitting: he has been working all day without emitting any bit of stress...! |
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genial |
friendly or cheerful |
genius people are always friendly because they want as much knowledge as possible from anyone!!! |
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Raconteur |
Someone who is good at story telling |
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Fabulist |
Lair |
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Ostensible |
Said to be true but very possibly not true |
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Vestige |
What left over when everything is gone |
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Incendiary |
A person who sets fire (crime) |
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Subdued |
Not strong , soft |
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Clangor |
Noisy |
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Stratified |
To divide or arrange into groups |
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Iniquities |
Very unfair or evil |
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Encroach |
To gradually move or go into an area that is beyond the usual or desired limit |
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Infrigne |
To do something that doesn't over or follow rules |
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Asperity |
Severity, harshness |
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Coddled |
Pampered , treated with excess care |
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Scotch |
To put an end to, stamp out |
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Foil |
To prevent the success of |
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Profane |
Irrelevant, vulgar |
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Excoriate |
To criticize very harshly |
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Vindictive |
To clear of any wrong doing |
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Solitude ; solitary |
A state or situation in which you are alone |
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Stewed |
Drunk |
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Diffident ; self effacing |
Lacking confidence |
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Verbose ; prolix |
Talktive |
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Auxillary; collateral |
Secondary , off to the side |
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Cardinal , principal |
Main, first |
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Infurate |
To make someone angry |
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Divisive , combative |
Uncooperative, lot of disagreement among ppl and causing them to divide into different grps |
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Expatiate |
To speak or write something that includes lot of words |
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Abnegates |
Deny |
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Arrogates |
To take or claim in a way that is not fair |
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Nuanced |
Very small difference between things |
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Shallow |
Not serious about anything |
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Filched , poached |
Stolen |
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Commemoration |
Something that indeed to honor an imp event or person |
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Infiltrate |
To secertly join a grp |
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Innuendo |
An allusive or hint |
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Plenary |
Unqualified, absolute |
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Exclaim |
Cry out suddenly in surprise , strong emotion |
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Declaim , trumppet |
Proclaim , announce |
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Adduce |
Cite of evidence |
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Colloquim , symposium |
Offical Meeting |
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