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magnanimous
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generous and forgiving, specially towards a rival or less powerful person
debacle
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a fiasco, a sudden and ignominious failure
ignominious
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deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating
no other party risked ignominious defeat
coup
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success
it was a major coup to get such a prestigious contract
cataclysm
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catastrophe, calamity. Antonym- salvation, godsend
rogue
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a dishonest and unprincipled man
you are a rogue and an embezzler
miscreant
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criminal
bring the miscreants to justice
wily
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shrewd, clever, skilled at gaining an advantage, specially deceitfully
his wily opponents
gulled
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deceive
he had been gulled into believing that the documents were authentic
chicanery
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trickery, the use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose
transmute of ballots gave ample time for chicanery
artifice
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trickery
pretending to faint was merely an artifice
artful
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sly, scheming, devious. Antonym- ingenuous, honest
bedlam
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uproar, pandemonium, commotion
there was bedlam in the courtroom
pandemonium
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uproar, wild and noisy disorder or confusion
execrable
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appalling, awful
execrable cheap wine
propriety
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decorum, socially acceptable
nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone
aver ⚜️
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state or assert to be the case
she averred that she had never seen that man before
avow
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assert or confess openly
they avowed their undying love for eachother
contend
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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
surmount
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overcome a difficulty or obstacle
all manner of cultural differences were surmounted
obtrude
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intrude
impinge
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to encroach
land development practices not only increase the fire risk, but also impinge on wildlife habitats
fraternize
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associate or form a friendship with someone, specially when one is not supposed to
fraternizing with the enemy
gregarious
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sociable
popular and gregarious group
genial
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friendly and cheerful
our genial host
complaisance
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ready to accept and doing what others want you to do
she was a complaisant wife and a dutiful daughter
homonym
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two or more words having similar spelling or pronounciation but different meanings and origins
COMPLAISANT COMPLACENT
complacent
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smug and self-satisfied
dissemble
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conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs
masquerade 🌟
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a false show or pretence
he was tired of the masquerade and wanted the truth to come out; i doubt he could have kept up the masquerade for long
shroud
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cover or hide
the clouds shroud the mountains 9 out of 10 days
ignominious
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humiliating
she made an ignominious entry to the party
redoubtable
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formidable
he was a redoubtable debater
cantankerous
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bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative
Kanika is usually cantankerous
chagrin
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annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated
to my chagrin, I couldn’t find my beauty blender anywhere
choleric
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bad-tempered or irritable
I get choleric when chlorine ruins my coloured hair
churlish
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rude, discourteous, ungracious
It’s churlish to condemn the food after having eaten it in such proportions
curmudgeon
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a bad-tempered or surly person
I become a curmudgeon in heat
grouchy
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irritable and bad tempered
gruff
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rude, harsh, bad-tempered
Aishwarya said she had to maintain a gruff exterior after the death of her father
irascible
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easily angered
that rascal makes me irascible
testiness
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irritability
why are you laughing at me? she inquired with a frank testiness
preside
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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
officiate
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act as an official incharge of something
3 judges will officiate at the 2 Grand Prix
sordid
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seamy, morally ignoble, immoral
he was always attracted towards a sordid/seamy way of life
ignoble
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dishonourable
ignoble feelings of intense jealousy
hallow
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honour as holy
the ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river
exalt
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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
commemorate
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recall and show respect for
a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead
furtive
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secretive
they spent a furtive day together
surreptitious
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secret, specially because it wouldn’t be approved of
Romeo and Juliet held surreptitious meetings
sly
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cunning, surreptitious
he took a sly sip of water during the presentation
skulk
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move in a stealthy manner
there was some skulking behind the bushes
usurp
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seize, take by force
Khilji usurped the trone
expropriate
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appropriate
he expropriated my ideas for his own article
appropriate
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apt, seize, expropriate
divest
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deprive, strip
the company is divesting itself of some of its assets
preempt
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to acquire or appropriate before someone else
Kanika preempted the GRE book; many tables were already preempted by family parties
mull
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ruminate, cogitate, contemplate
pensive
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thoughtful, reflective, contemplative, introspective
a pensive mood
pique
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irritation
he left in a fit of pique
peeve
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to irritate, annoy
Kanika was peeved at being excluded from the surprise
miffed
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peeved, somewhat annoyed
grate
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have an irritating effect
Seeing Ayush’s messages on my phone grated on my nerves
harangue 🌟
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a lengthy and aggressive speech
the interns were harangued by Annalise
heckle
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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
demonstrators 🌟
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a participant in a public meeting or march
troops opened fire on crowds of demonstrators
disgruntle
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angry or dissatisfied
Miss Grundy was always disgruntled
slur
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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
slander
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make false and damaging statements about; defame
they were accused of slandering the head of the state
opprobrium
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harsh criticism or censure
the critical opprobrium generated by Bhansali’s films
obloquy
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strong public condemnation, opprobrium
he endured years of contempt and obloquy
calumny 🌟
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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
libel
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a written defamation
he sued the newspaper for libel
delectable 🌟
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delicious; extremely attractive
enthral
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capture the fascinated attention of; captivate
I was enthralled by his presence
rapture
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intense happiness; ecstasy; exaltation; exhilaration
The Raptures
ennui
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boredom, tedium
ingenuous
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naive, innocent and unsuspecting,
gallant
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brave, heroic
she had made gallant attempt to hide her tears
intrepid
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fearless, adventurous (used for rhetorical or humourous effect)
pluck
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spirited and determined courage, bravery
it must have taken a lot of pluck to walk a path marked ‘Danger’
valiant
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brave, courageous, plucky, intrepid
defer
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postpone, adjourn
they deferred the decision until February
protract
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prolong
a heated, protracted court case
apocryphal
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of doubtful authencity, although widely circulated as true, fictitious
an apocryphal story
erroneous
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wrong, incorrect
employees sometimes make erroneous assumptions
ersatz 🌟
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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
fallacious 🌟
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based on mistaken belief
fallacious arguments
illicit
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illegal
illicit drugs
sophistry
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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
specious 🎐
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superficially plausible, but actually wrong; misleadingly attractive
a specious argument
prevarication
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avoid telling truth
some people believe that prevarication in a good cause is justifiable
perjury
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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
mendacity
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untruthfulness, lying
men have the audacity to lie—> mendacity. i was deeply offended by your mendacity
cower
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crouch down in fear
children cowered in terror as the shoot out errupted
craven
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pusillanimous, cowardly
pusillanimous 🌟
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timid
you should be ashamed of your pusillanimous conduct during this dispute
trepidation 🌟
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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
somber 🌟
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gloomy, depressing or dismal
funerals and burials tend to be very somber occasions

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