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134 Cards in this Set
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Candor |
To be honest,sincere,polite and kind. |
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Exculpate |
To prove a person not guilty with evidence. |
The Lincoln Lawyer ! |
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Fatuous |
Stupid / Foolish |
Hesher |
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Mollify |
Making someone to calm down or to bring down their anger. |
Calm-ollify ! |
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Tangential |
Not fully supported / varying in ideology. |
Difference. |
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Aver |
To say or to declare positively. |
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Corroborate |
Proving someting / a theory to be true with evidence. |
Proving to be true ! |
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Extemporaneous |
On the spot.. without any previous preparation. |
Extempore ! |
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Dissemble |
To hide someone's true feelings / opinions. |
Deceive |
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Convoluted |
Confused.. not so clear.. hard to understand. |
Kidney - Granular tubules. |
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Inchoate |
Not completely developed / not fully made. |
Half boil ! |
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Esoteric |
Understandable only to a specific group or gang of people. |
Specific gang talk |
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Belie |
To give a false idea / opinion about something. |
Be-lying ! |
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Capricious |
Changing often and quickly.. not possible to predict. |
Cap - Re ... Re - Cap ! |
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Caustic |
Able to destroy or burn.. very harsh and critical. |
ACID ! |
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Furtive |
To do something secretly to avoid being noticed. |
Fur - to hide under ! |
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Garrulous |
Talkative.. tending to talk a lot. |
Me nd sis ! |
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Inundate |
Water available in excess.. to cover with a flood of water. |
In - un - controllable water |
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Rarefy |
To make more rare..thin.. porous or less dense. |
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Viscous |
Thick liquid.. not flowing easliy |
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Discrete |
Different from one another. |
Unique ! |
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Disinterested |
Not influenced by personal feelings.. having no desire towards something. |
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Intrepid |
Feeling no fear.. bold and brave |
Apoorva ;) |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by chance.. by good luck |
Fortu-ne ! |
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Audacious |
Very confident and daring.. and bold |
Apoorva ;) |
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Magnanimity |
Generous and kind nature |
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Veracity |
Truth..being truthful and honest |
Veeran (Tamil) - True Patriot ! |
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Inopportune |
An action taking place in the wrong time or not at a suitable situation |
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Irascible |
Short tempered. |
Vinayak ! 😉 |
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Exacerbate |
To make a bad situation even worser |
EXtrA BAd !! |
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Misanthrope |
Person who hates or dislikes human kind |
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Malevolent |
Showing desire to cause harm to others |
MALE - V(i)OLENT 😠 [THE JOKER] |
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Probity |
Quality of a person being completely honest |
Pro - professional !! |
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Pristine |
To be in its natural state.. clean.. fresh.. in perfect condition. |
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Savor |
Taste or quality of something that make it interesting and enjoyable |
-> D <- |
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Emulate |
Trying to be like someone you admire |
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Veneration |
To respect something deeply because of its holiness and greatness |
Holy - Love.. Respect loVE-NERATION ! |
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Commensurate |
To be similar or equal in size or amount |
COMMon. |
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Arbitrary |
Not based on proper reason or evidence |
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Convention |
1. People meeting once a while 2. A way or tradition of doing things in which it is widely accepted |
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Bent |
Not being honest |
Not straight - forward ! |
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Condone |
To allow or not restrict something wrong |
-> D's Friends <- |
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Surfeit |
An amount too much or in excess |
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Solicitous |
Showing concern or care for someone |
ShOw-Care |
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Perfunctory |
Some activity done without energy or enthusiasm |
PER-FUNCT |
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Marginal |
Not very important.. very small or slight |
Near the outer MARGIN ! |
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Membrane |
A thin sheet or layer |
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Pragmatic |
Quality of person who logically solves problem rather than depending upon theories. |
PRActical |
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Porous |
Having pores.. Easy to get through |
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Engender |
To be the reason or cause of something |
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Frugality |
To spend resources judicially or carefully |
V.S.Suresh |
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Plasticity |
Ability to be moulded or changed into various shapes |
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Castigation |
To criticise someone severely |
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Bombast |
Inflated speech or writing.. Impressive but not sincere. |
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Cacophony |
Unpleasant noises.. loud sounds |
CA - COO - PHONE !! |
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Arduous |
Task which is very hard to complete.. Difficult task. |
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Morose |
Quality of a person to be unhappy.. seriois.. sad and very quiet |
More - ozzz.... |
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Perjury |
The crime of lying in a courtroom after promising to tell the truth. |
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Pedantic |
Annoying others by correcting even very small errors and giving too much attention to very minor details. |
Mom.. 😂 j4j |
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Onerous |
A difficult task.. unpleasant to do.. |
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Opprobrium |
A very strong criticism by a large number of people |
Movie - Aayirathil Oruvan 😉 |
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Consternation |
A feeling of sudden disappointment causing confusion. |
CON-fusion |
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Erudite |
Showing or having knowledge that is learned by studying |
Ramaswamy Sir ! |
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Solvent |
Be able to pay debts |
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Restitution |
1. Giving back something to the owner who lost it. 2. To pay someone for causing damage to them. |
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Buttress |
A structure that is bulit to support a building... even referred to moral support. |
BUTT.. for support 😜 |
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Burgeon |
To grow or to develop quickly |
BURGE - ON ! |
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Fidelity |
To be loyal and faithful |
Syed 😀 |
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Ingenuity |
Skill or clever to invent or to solve issued |
Stephen Spielberg 🙏 |
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Prudent |
Having or showing good judgement |
Pru - jumble to - jURy !! |
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Deference |
Behaviour that exhibits respect to others |
Dad 😘 |
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Epitome |
The best example to represent something |
Parents are the epitome of support. 😘❤ |
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Archaic |
Related to ancient times.. not useful anymore. |
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Banal |
Boring |
B - B ! |
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Archaic |
Related to ancient Times and not useful amymore |
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Banal |
Boring... not interesting |
B - Boring !! |
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Admonish |
1.To speak in a way of criticism 2.To tell or to urge someone to do a task. |
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Precipitate |
To make things happen quickly |
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Intransigent |
Very stubborn.. not willing to chnge.. |
In - Trans ... |
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Derivative |
Being derived from other things |
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Discordant |
Harsh or unpleasant in sound |
Discard - Ant !! |
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Anomalous |
Abnormal.. Not usual |
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Aberrant |
Not occuring in a usual or normal way. |
Aberrrrr... |
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Perfidy |
To betray someone.. not being loyal. |
-> D <- |
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Endemic |
Confined to a certain geographical region. |
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Plethora |
Available in excess numbers |
Ple - Plenty ! |
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Catalyst |
Something or some action that causes faster reactions or outputs. |
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Propensity |
A strong natural tendency to do something. |
Propel 😉 |
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Enumerate |
Listing out elements or things in order |
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Stint |
To use or give something in a minimal quantity. |
Analogous to STINGY ! |
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Superfluous |
Excess in amount of what is needed. |
Super - flow.. |
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Elegy |
A sad song or poem dedicated to a person who is dead. |
'O Captain ! My Captain !' - Walt Whitman |
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Euphemism |
Replacing offensive words with inoffensive ones. |
Disabled - Differently Abled ! |
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Divest |
Finance : To sell off a property or a company. |
Nokia divested itself to Microsoft. |
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Facetious |
A jovial talk which turns to be annoying and silly. |
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Unfeigned |
Not acting false.. not pretending.. |
Un-Faint !! |
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Unfettered |
Unable to control |
Un-Fetch (get hold of) !! |
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Phlegmatic |
Not easily influenced by emotions of joy or sorrow. |
Vanmathi 😝 |
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Propitiated |
To calm down or to mollify someone by giving them what they desire. |
Children !! |
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Tout |
1. To buy tickets for an event or show and to resell it at a higher price 2. To try and persuade others to buy your product. 3. To talk or boast about something |
3 meaning - word ! |
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Laud |
To appreciate or to praise someone. |
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Lucid |
Very clear way of thinking.. Easy to understand. |
HOD sir 😉 |
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Blithe |
Happy without concern for anyting.. Showing lack of proper thought. |
Naresh ! 😂 |
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Beneficent |
Doing or providing good |
Benefit is good ! |
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Goad |
Forcing someone to do something by constantly annoying them. |
HOD 😉 |
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Wheedle |
To persuade someone by saying pleasant and true things. |
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Glib |
To try and persuade someone by telling things that are not true.. false impression. |
Politicians ! |
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Penury |
The state of being very poor... extreme poverty. |
Penny - ury 😞 |
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Retard |
Process of slowing down things or the pace of doing things |
Retardation ! |
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Antipathy |
Strong feeling of dislike |
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Equivocate |
To give multiple irrelevant answers in order to avoid giving the direct answer. |
Equal - Voice - Not !! |
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Denigrate |
To say something unfair and critical to someone to make them feel less important. |
De - grade. |
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Miser |
A person who hates to spend money |
Sai Balaji !! |
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Rescind |
By law to end a contract or agreement..also to say that something is no more valid officially. |
Res - trict ! |
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Soliloquy |
1. Talking to one's self 2. A long speech or talk that reveals their own character and thoughts |
Soli - single.. loquy - talk 😀 |
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Nonplussed |
State of being perplexed and confused |
Plussed - clear... I.e Nonplussed is not clear ! |
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Inured |
Making someone less sensitive to an unpleasant thing. |
Woman Jawans in the Indian Army ! |
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Penchant |
A strong liking or attraction towards something or to a behaviour |
Pen (Tamil) - chant (mesmerise/attract) |
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Tacit |
Understanding the ideas / words expressed by actions without being directly stated. |
Dumb charade! |
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Loquacious |
Like to talk and talking smoothly and easily. |
Loki ! (Thor's brother) |
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Rhetoric |
To try and persuade someone by saying something NOT honest. |
Rh-ino !! |
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Laconic |
Using very few words to express thoughts and ideas |
Cheeyan 😜 |
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Succint |
Using very few words to talk or express ideas |
SUCK - IN - words !! |
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Sanction |
To officially approve / permit |
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Proliferate |
To liberate or increase in number |
Pro - LIBERATE ! |
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Imperturbable |
Calm.. Not easily upset or emotionally involved. |
Vanmathi😉 |
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Propagate |
To produce or to make an idea famous.. |
PROPAGANDA made famous ! |
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Disabuse |
To correct or to convince someone that a belief is not correct or is invalid |
Bucket !!😂 |
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Cogent |
Easy to uderstand..very clear for the mind to believe. |
Synonym to LUCID !! |
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Mitigate |
To make something less severe or reduced. |
Miti - Midi - lessen or reduce ! |
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Temper |
1. State of angriness 2. To make something less severe. |
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Approbation |
Appreciate or Praise |
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Obviate |
To make something no longer needed.. to prevent or avoid something. |
Obv. - ate !! |
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Articulate |
To express words or thoughts very clearly and efficiently. |
'Art' - of speech ! |
