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1. Alienate - Cause to become unfirendly (How to loose Frieds - Movie)

2. Chauvinism - Exaggerated Patriotism (He is such a Chauvinistic that he

denies the any fact that other countries are better than his country)

the strong and unreasonable belief that your own country or race is the best

or most important

The war stimulated an intense national chauvinism.

3. Countenance - Facial Expression

He was of noble countenance

4. Culminate - Reach peak point

the tensions culminated during world war - 2


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5. Deterrent - Something that restrains or discourages

a nuclear deterrent

6. Dissent - Disagree or take an opposing view, esp. in relation to a formalbody such as a government, political party, or church; such a view

Hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously,

commonly, or officially expressed

When the time came to approve the proposal, there were one or two voicesof dissent


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7. Levy - Impose

Collect tax from, wage war on, or enlist for military service; (verb); act ofcolleting tax or amount owed, or the drafting of troops into military service(noun)

An act of levying a tax, fee, or fine

8. Mores - Customs, manners, or morals of a particular group

9. Preempt - Take action in order to prevent (an event) from happening;forestall.

Prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can

10. Profound - Very insightful, penetrating deeply into a subject; pervasive,intense, down to the very bottom; at the very bottom

(of a state, quality, or emotion) Very great or intense.

11. Relegate - Consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position

Send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign(a task) to someone else


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12. Sagacious - Wise; showing good judgment and foresight

13. Secular - Not Religious or Holy

14. Substantiate - Support with evidence or proof

15. Transitory - Temporary, short-lived, not lasting

16.Wary - Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems:"dogs are often wary of strangers"


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Watchful, motivated by caution, on guard against danger

17. Attenuate - Weaken or thin out

18. Brandish -

Wave or flourish (something, esp. a weapon) as a threat or in anger orexcitement.

Shake, wave, or flourish, as a weapon

19. Connote - Suggest or imply in addition to the precise, literal meaning

20. Denote - Be a sign of; indicate: "this mark denotes quality"


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21. Declivity - Downward slope

22.Proclivity - A tendency to choose or do something regularly

23. Encomium - Warm, glowing praise, esp. a formal expression of praise

24. Fawn - Show affection or try to please in the manner of a dog; try to winfavor through flattery and submissive behavior


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25. Gestation - Pregnancy; the period from conception until birth of an animalor (metaphorically) of an idea or plan

26. Grouse - Complain or grumble (verb); a reason for complaint (noun)

What was he grousing about..?

27. Ignoble - Not noble; having mean, base, low motives; low quality

Something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude

28. Indigence - Extreme poverty; A state of extreme povery


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Their indigence appalled him

29. Inquest - Legal or judicial inquiry, especially before a jury and especiallymade by a coroner into the cause of someones death; the results of such aninquiry

30. Jettison - Discard, cast off; throw items overboard in order to lighten aship in an emergency

31. Livid - Furiously angry, enraged

Willfull stupidity makes him extreme livid.


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32. Malinger - Pretend to be sick, esp. to get out of work, duties, etc

33. Milieu - Environment, atmosphere; the environmental setting in whichsomething happens or develops

34. Parley -

A conference between opposing sides in a dispute, esp. a discussion of termsfor an armistice

Discussion, negotiation, esp. between enemies (noun); to have such adiscussion (verb)

35. Pulchritude - Physical beauty


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36. Rue - Regret, remorse (noun); to feel regret or remorse (verb)

37. Semantic - Relating to the different meanings of words or other symbols

38. Squalid - Disgusting, filthy, foul, extremely neglected

39. Strut - A structural support or brace

40. Synoptic - Relating to a synopsis or summary; giving a general view

A synoptic presentation of a physical theory

41. Transgression - Violation of a law, moral rule, order, etc.; sin


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42. unconscionable - Not guided by conscience; morally wrong, unjust,unreasonable

43. Vestige - Trace or sign of something that once existed

44. Wan - Unnaturally pale, or showing some other indication of sickness,unhappiness, etc.; weak, lacking forcefulness

45. Craven - Very cowardly, lacking courage


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46. Crescendo - Steady increase in force, intensity, or the loudness of amusical passage

47. Cynical - Thnking the worst of others; bitterly pessimistic

48. Daunt - Discourage, dishearten, lessen the courage of

Amazingly undaunted after the accident, Devon vowed to complete amarathon in his wheelchair

46. Debunk - Expose, ridicule, or disprove false or exaggerated claims.


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47. Decorous - Behaving with propriety and good taste, polite

48. Deem - judge, consider

49. Deface - Vandalize, mar the appearence of

50. Deflect - Cause to curve, turn aside, esp from a straight course.

51. Delieneate - Mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

52. Denigrate - Belittle, attack the reputation of


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53. Denote - Be a name or symbol for

54. Deride - Mock, scoff at, Laugh at contemptuously

55. Detached - Impartial, disinteresteed; unconcerned

56. Diatribe - Bitter, abucive attack or criticism

57. Didactic - Intended to instruct; teaching

58. Digress - Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing


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59. Din - Loud, confused noise

60. Disabuse - To set straight, free someone from a mistake in thinking

61. Discerning - Having good judgement or insight, able to distinguishmentally

62. Discredit - Injure the reputation of

63. Discriminating - Judicious, discerning, having good judgement or insight


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64. Dispatch - Spped or promptness

65. Disperse - Scatter, spread widley,cause to vanish

66. Disposition - A person's general or natural mood; tendency

67. Disquieting - Distubing, causing anxiety

Disquieting dreams

68. Disseminate - Scatter, spread about, broadcast

69. Dissonance -Harsh, inharmonious sound; cacophony

70. Diverge - Differ, deviate; turn aside


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71. Divest - Deprive of power,right, or possessions

opposite of invest

When she found out that the most profitable stock in her portpolio was that ofa company that tested products on animals, she immediately divested bytelling her broker to sell the stock.

72. Dormant - Asleep, inactive, on a break

73. Efficacy - The quality of being able to produce the intended effect.

74. Egalitarian - Related to belief in the equality of all people, esp in political,economic, or social spheres

75. Elated - Very happy in high spirits


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76. Elicit -

77. Eminent - Famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession

78. Emulate - Copy in attempt to equal or be better than


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79. Entitlement - The fact of having a right to something

80. Enumerate - Count or list; specify one by one

81. Eschew -

82. Extraneous - Irrelevant, foreign, not belonging


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83. Extrapolate - Conjecture about an unknown by projecting informationabout something known.

84. Faciful - Whimisical, capricious,

Existing only in the imagination or fancy

85. Fathom - A unit of length equal to six feet (approximately 1.8 m), chieflyused in reference to the depth of water.

86. Finesse - Extreme Delicacy


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Diplomacy in handling a sensitive situation

87. Flag - Get tired, loose enthusiasm

88. Fleeting - Lasting for a very short time: "hoping to get a fleeting glimpsetransient - transitory - fugitive - ephemeral - passing

89. Fomet - Instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or courseof action): "they accused him of fomenting political unrest"

The revolutionary group was quietly fomenting a rebellion, galvanizingstudent radicals, leading unions in revolutionary songs, and anonymouslypasting incendairy posters in every quarter of the city

90. Forfeit - Surrender or lose as a result of an error,crime,or failure to fulfillan obligation


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91. Fortify - Strengthen, invigorate, encourage

92. Fringe - Not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, orextreme: "fringe theater"

on the margin, periphery

anchu (telugu)

93. Futile - Producing no useful result

94. Gainsay - Deny oppose, declare false

95. Gauche - Awakward, crude, lacking social grace.


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96. Gawky - Physically awakward

Nervously awkward and ungainly: "a gawky teenager"

97. Gist - Main idea, essence

The substance or essence of a speech or text: "she noted the gist of eachmessage".

98. Glib - Fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow

Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superfliciality or insincerity

99. Hackneyed - So common place as to be stale, not fresh or original


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100. Hardy - nod, brave

Robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions

101. Haven - Safe place

102. Hodgepodge - Mixture of Different kinds of things

103. Idiosyncrasy - Charactersrics or habits peculiar to an individual,Mannerism

sometimes the richer people get, the more idiosyncratic they become.

104. Illiberality - Lack of generosity

A disposition not to be liberal (generous)

105. Impair - Make worse

Playing in a rock band without earplugs will almost certainly impair yourhearing over time.

Weaken or damage (esp. a human faculty or function): "drug use that impairsjob performance"


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106. Impede - Be a hnder or obstacle to

She is impeding the progress of ou project.

107. Implication - something that is inferred

deduction.

When boss said, "Times are tight around here, I just think you should know",the implication was that maybe we should start looking for a new job.

108. Implode - Burst inward

The botlle imploded


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go-off

109. Inadvertent - Happening by chance, unexpectionally, unintentionally.

In attempting to perfecct his science project, he inadvertently blew a fuseand plunged his family into darkness.

110. Inasmuch - in like manner

111. Incendairy - Involving deliberate burning of property.

an incendairy fire.

Arousing to action or rebellion.incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabblerousing, seditious

112,incorporaate - Combine

113. Indifferent - Having no interest

114. Ingrained - Deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

Ingrained habits of a lifetime.

115. Inherent - Existing as a permenant quality; intrinsic; implicit


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shortcomings inherent in our project.

116. Intelligible - Able to understand; clear

117. Intrepid - Fearless, Daring, Brave

118. Juncture - An event that occurs in a critical time

A crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be mde.

119. Lampoon - A harsh satire

The writer lampponed the politician's satire.

120. Languid - Dropping from exhaustion, sluggish, slow

Lazy and peaceful


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121. Lassitude - Tiredness, weariness

122. Layperson - A person who is not member of the particulat profession

123. Levity - Lack of seriousness


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124. Libertine - Usually a man who is morally unrestrained

125. Lull - soothe, cause to fall asleep

126. Mendacious - Lying, Habitually dishonest

127. Metamorphosis - A complete change or transformation


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128. Negate - Deny or refute

129. Nevertheless or nonetheless - However, even so, dispite that

130. Novel - Original

131. Elusive - Difficult to describe

132. Blatant - Completely obvious


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133. Steadfastly - With resolute determination

134. Rhapsodize - Say (something) with great enthusiasm

135. Unvarnished - Not having a coating of stain or varnish


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Without modification, esp. without any attempt to soften or disguise

"the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candour of old peopleand children"

136. Wane - Grow Smaller; Become smaller

137. Acquiescent - Ready to accept something without protest, or to do whatsomeone else wants

too acquiescent to challenge authority"

138. Abandonedly - Empty of people and unused, not maintained by theowner or inhabitants

"weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"

Free from constraint

an abandoned sadness born of grief


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139. Accentuate - Make more noticeable or prominent

140. Apprehension - Fearful expectation or anticipation

the student looked around the examination room with apprehension


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141. Atrocites - The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

142. Captivate - Attract; cause to be enamoured

"She captivated all the men's hearts"

"Every time you smile it captivates my mind"


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143. Conceive - Have the idea for

"The racist conceives such people to be inferior"

Become pregnant with (a child)

144. Consequently - As a result145. Despair - A state in which all hope is lost or absent

The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

"in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the lastminute"

146.Despondency - Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless


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147. Destitution - A state without friends, money or prospects

148. Devious - Showing a skillful use of underhanded tactics to achieve goals

Characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

Deviating from a straight course

used devious means to achieve success


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149. Disenchantment - Freed from enchantment

150. Enchantment - A feeling of great liking for something wonderful andunusual

151. Disillusion - Freeing from false belief or illusions

152. Dissipate - Cause to separate and go in different directions

"She waved her hand and dissipated the crowds"

153. Dissuade - Turn away from by persuasion

154. Distraught - Deeply agitated especially from emotion

distraught with grief"


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155. Effervescent - Marked by high spirits or excitement

156. Elude- Escape either physiclly or mentally

157. Emblazoned - Decorate with colours.

"emblazon the walls with paint in warm tones

158. Enamored - Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness

"he was enamored with her"

159. Offhand - Casual; informal


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160. Officious - Excessively eager in giving unwanted advice

161. Offset - Counteract, compensate for;

162. Outstrip - Surpass; Exceed; be larger or netter than

163. Overshadow - to cause someone or something to seem less important orless happy

Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister.

My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news

164. Pariah - a person who is not accepted by a social group, especiallybecause he or she is not liked, respected or trusted

165. Patronizing - speaking or behaving towards someone as if they arestupid or not important


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166. Peccadillo - a small fault or a not very bad action

a youthful peccadillo

167. Penchant - Strong Liking

168. Perfidious - unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty

169. Phony - Fake, not genuine


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170. Polarized - Divided into sharply opposed groups

The debate is becoming polarized and there seems to be no middle ground.

171. Ponderous - slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large

He had a rather slow and ponderous manner

172. Posthumous - happening after a person's death

a posthumous award


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173. Potentate - Ruler, Person of great power

174. Preamble - Preface

175. Presumptive - Based on assumption

176. Presumptuous - A person who is presumptuous shows little respect forothers by doing things they have no right to do

It would be presumptuous of me to comment on the matter.


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177. Pretentious - Claiming or demanding a position of importance or dignity

trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially inmatters of art and literature

a pretentious art critic

The novel deals with grand themes, but is never heavy or pretentious

178. Probity - Honesty, integrity

179. Prologue - Introductory part of a book

180. Proscribe - Prohibit

181. Pugnacious - Inclined to fight

wanting to start an argument or fight, or expressing an argument or opinionvery forcefully

182. Quibble - Make trival arguments

183. Quandary - Uncertainity or confusion about what to do


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