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15 Cards in this Set
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Laconic (La-conic) |
(of a person, speech or style of writing) using very few words |
कमी शब्द |
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Terse |
Sparing in use of words |
La-conic |
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Obscure |
Not discovered or unknown about, uncertain |
Unclear |
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Capricious (Capricorn chi bakri achanak maarte) |
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour. |
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nictate |
blink |
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scintillate |
emit flashes of light; sparkle. |
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Chaperon (chap her on) |
Elderly woman in charge of a girl on social occassions |
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Sepulchral |
relating to a tomb or interment, gloomy, dismal |
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Bier |
a movable frame on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which they are carried to the grave. |
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strut |
walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait |
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Harangue (related to speech) |
a lengthy and aggressive speech. lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner. |
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Bluster (related to speech) |
talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect |
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Idiom- fire and brimstone |
threatening punishment |
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Idiom- Dog days of summer |
Hottest days of summer |
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Idiom-Dear Ringer |
a duplicate |
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