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generous and forgiving, specially towards a rival or less powerful person
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a fiasco, a sudden and ignominious failure
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deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating no other party risked ignominious defeat
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it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract
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catastrophe, calamity. Antonym- salvation, godsend
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a dishonest and unprincipled man you are a rogue and an embezzler
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bring the miscreants to justice
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shrewd, clever, skilled at gaining an advantage, specially deceitfully
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he had been gulled into believing that the documents were authentic
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trickery, the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose transmute of ballots gave ample time for chicanery
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pretending to faint was merely an artifice
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sly, scheming, devious. Antonym- ingenuous, honest
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uproar, pandemonium, commotion there was bedlam in the courtroom
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uproar, wild and noisy disorder or confusion
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decorum, socially acceptable nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone
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state or assert to be the case she averred that she had never seen that man before
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they avowed their undying love for eachother
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assert, struggle to surmount (cope with, face, deal with) he contends that the judge was partial; she had to contend with his uncertain temper
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overcome a difficulty or obstacle all manner of cultural differences were surmounted
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land development practices not only increase the fire risk, but also impinge on wildlife habitats
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associate or form a friendship with someone, specially when one is not supposed to fraternizing with the enemy
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popular and gregarious group
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ready to accept and doing what others want you to do she was a complaisant wife and a dutiful daughter
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two or more words having similar spelling or pronounciation but different meanings and origins
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conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs
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he was tired of the masquerade and wanted the truth to come out; i doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long
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the clouds shroud the mountains 9 out of 10 days
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she made an ignominious entry to the party
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he was a redoubtable debater
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bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative Kanika is usually cantankerous
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annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated to my chagrin, I couldn’t find my beauty blender anywhere
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bad-tempered or irritable I get choleric when chlorine ruins my coloured hair
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rude, discourteous, ungracious It’s churlish to condemn the food after having eaten it in such proportions
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a bad-tempered or surly person I become a curmudgeon in heat
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irritable and bad tempered
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rude, harsh, bad-tempered Aishwarya said she had to maintain a gruff exterior after the death of her father
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that rascal makes me irascible
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why are you laughing at me? she inquired with a frank testiness
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be in a position of authority in a meeting or gathering, chair, officiate the prime minister will preside at the emergency cabinet meeting
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act as an official incharge of something 3 judges will officiate at the 2 Grand Prix
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seamy, morally ignoble, immoral he was always attracted towards a sordid/seamy way of life
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ignoble feelings of intense jealousy
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the ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river
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glorify, think or speak very highly of someone or something, venerate, revere, reverence my dad exalted me after my 12th grades were published
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recall and show respect for a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead
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they spent a furtive day together
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secret, specially because it wouldn’t be approved of Romeo and Juliet held surreptitious meetings
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he took a sly sip of water during the presentation
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move in a stealthy manner there was some skulking behind the bushes
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he expropriated my ideas for his own article
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the company is divesting itself of some of its assets
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to acquire or appropriate before someone else Kanika preempted the GRE book; many tables were already preempted by family parties
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ruminate, cogitate, contemplate
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thoughtful, reflective, contemplative, introspective
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he left in a fit of pique
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Kanika was peeved at being excluded from the surprise
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have an irritating effect Seeing Ayush’s messages on my phone grated on my nerves
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a lengthy and aggressive speech the interns were harangued by Annalise
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interrupt (especially a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuses he was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators; Mr. Heckle
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a participant in a public meeting or march troops opened fire on crowds of demonstrators
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Miss Grundy was always disgruntled
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speak indistinctly; an insinuation or allegation about someone that is likely to insult them or damage their reputation the comments were a slur on staff at the hospital
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make false and damaging statements about; defame they were accused of slandering the head of the state
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harsh criticism or censure the critical opprobrium generated by Bhansali’s films
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strong public condemnation, opprobrium he endured years of contempt and obloquy
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the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; SLANDER he accused the press of publishing vicious calumnies
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he sued the newspaper for libel
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delicious; extremely attractive
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capture the fascinated attention of; captivate I was enthralled by his presence
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intense happiness; ecstasy; exaltation; exhilaration
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naive, innocent and unsuspecting,
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she had made gallant attempt to hide her tears
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fearless, adventurous (used for rhetorical or humourous effect)
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spirited and determined courage, bravery it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk a path marked ‘Danger’
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brave, courageous, plucky, intrepid
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they deferred the decision until February
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a heated, protracted court case
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of doubtful authencity, although widely circulated as true, fictitious
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employees sometimes make erroneous assumptions
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artificial and not as good as the real thing or product; not real or genuine ersatz coffee; ersatz emotion; she tried to make an ersatz version of the pizza without using gluten
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the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving trying to argue that i had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry
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superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleadingly attractive
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some people believe that prevarication in a good cause is justifiable
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the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath 2 witnesses at the trial had committed perjury
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men have the audacity to lie—> mendacity. i was deeply offended by your mendacity
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children cowered in terror as the shoot out errupted
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you should be ashamed of your pusillanimous conduct during this dispute
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a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen; apprehension; dread while everyone else was scared of spiders, Robin had no sense of trepidation; overpowered with trepidation
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gloomy, depressing or dismal funerals and burials tend to be very somber occasions
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