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16. Tepid - 1.moderately warm 2.
Created & Compiled by - halfhearted

Gr@$P.....AK 17. Buffoon - 1. a rude or vulgar fool 2.


a person who amused others by
ridiculous behavior
1. Impeccably - flawlessly
18. Pyrrhic - of or relating to a war
2. Canonized - glorified dance of ancient Greece

3. Astonishing - surprisingly great 19. Waffle - pause or hold back in


uncertainty or unwillingness
4. Tizzy - an excited state of agitation
20. Humility - a humble feeling
5. Invasion - an entry into an area not
previously occupied 21. Unmerited - undeserved, unworthy

6. Swagger - act in a arrogant, overly 22. Meddling - the act of altering


self-assured, or conceited manner something secretly or improperly

7. Shrug - raise one's shoulders to 23. Resolute - firm in purpose or belief;


indicate lack of knowledge, characterized by firmness &
indifference or resignation determination

8. Megalomaniac - a pathological 24. Mortification - strong feeling of


egotist embarrassment (chagrin,
humiliation)
9. Repugnant - offensive to the mind
25. Smack - 1. deliver a hard blow to 2.
10. Pedestal - 1. a support or taste 3. kiss lightly
foundation 2. a position of great
esteem 26. Abnegate - surrender (power or
position), deny or renounce
11. Flamboyant - marked by
ostentation but often tasteless 27. Encore - an extra or repeated
(ostentation means showy, vulgar performance; usually given in
display, gaudy outward display) response to audience demand

12. Huddled - crowded or massed 28. Morales - physiological condition,


together team spirit

13. Compliance - conformation 29. Decry - express strong disapproval


of
14. Sacrosanct - must be kept sacred
30. Referendum - A popular vote by the
15. Decreed - fixed or established electorate whether to approve a
especially by order or command specific legislative act

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31. Charismatic - magnetic, attractive


47. Solely - without any others being
32. Stipulate - condition, qualify, included or involved
specify
48. Pontificate- talk in a dogmatic &
33. Contemporary - belonging to pompous manner
present
49. Narcissistic - egoistic, self-loving
34. Insurgency - An organized
rebellion aimed at overthrowing a 50. Holier - blessed, sacred, sanctified
constituted government through
the use of subversion and armed 51. Amputation - disability, handicap
conflict
52. Persuasive - intended or having the
35. Culminate - End, especially to reach power to induce action or believe
a final or climactic stage
53. Reiteration - the act of repeating
36. Invincible - Incapable of being over & again
overcome or subdued
54. Temerity - Fearless daring
37. Indigenous - Originating where it is
found 55. Antiquity - extreme oldness

38. Persona - an actor's portrayal of 56. Detractors - one who disparages or


someone in a play belittle the worth of something

39. Rhetoric - 1. using language 57. Imbue - diffuse, penetrate, soak


effectively to please or persuade 2.
Load & confused & empty talk 58. Presumptuous - excessively forward

40. Anti-imperialist - Against imperialist 59. Implausible - having a quality that


ideals and practices provokes disbelief, farfetched,
imaginative
41. Crippling - disabling, incapacitating
60. Retort - Response in a quick, clever
42. Ethos - the distinctive spirit of a or humorous way
culture or an area
61. Throbbing - a sound with a strong
43. Peasantry - the class of peasants (A rhythmic beat
peasant means a country person)
62. Mired - entangled or hindered as if
44. Assertive - aggressively self assured in mire

45. Incumbent - the official who hold 63. Feisty - ~showing courage (plucky,
an office spunky)
a. ~quick to take offence
46. Coalesced - joined together in a (huffy, miffy, touchy, thin-
whole skinned)

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64. Wiggle - move to & fro 81. Regale - treat(provide with choice
or abundant food or drink)
65. Hard line - firm & uncompromising
82. Demeaned - degraded
66. Obstinacy - the trait of being
difficult to handle or overcome 83. Bait - taunt, tease , twit, wind up,
cod , ray
67. Stoked - stir up or tend; of a fire
84. Impervious - not admitting of
68. Scorched - sunbaked, destroyed passage or capable of being
affected
69. Atrocity - inhumanity
85. Teeming - abundantly filled with
70. Slapdash - marked by great especially living thing
carelessness
86. Nukes - the warhead of a missile
71. Sway - ~move back & forth or designed to deliver an atom bomb
sideways(as verb)
a. ~controlling influence (as 87. Accord - willingly
noun)
88. Twists & Turns - complicated
72. Barest - naked, unsheathed, dealings
unfinished
89. Prosecution - sue at law
73. Cynical - taunting, misanthropic;
abusing vocally; expressing 90. Accountability - responsibility
contempt or ridicule
91. Alleged - accused but not proved or
74. Overweening - extravagant, convicted
presumptuously arrogant
92. Quid pro quo - a favor granted in
75. Flagrant - conspicuously & return of something
outrageously bad or reprehensible
93. Derailed - to come or bring to a
76. Snarled - tangled in knots or snarls sudden halt

77. Clan - group of people related by 94. Conspiracy - a secret plan to do


blood or marriage something unlawful

78. Marquee - large or often 95. Nexus - a central or focal point


sumptuous tent
96. Ostensible - stated or appearing to
79. Milieu - the environmental be true , but not necessarily so
condition
97. Frivolous - not having any serious
80. Liminal - at a threshold or purpose or value
transitional stage

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98. Bugbear - a cause of obsessive fear, 112. Congenial -(of a person)


anxiety pleasing or liked on account of
having qualities or interests
99. Legitimate - conforming to the law 113. that are similar to one's
or to rules own

100. Probity - honesty, rectitude 114. Reluctant - unwilling,


disinclined
101. Steadied - made steady or
constant 115. Mourning -sense,grief over
someone's death
102. Sceptics - a person inclined
to question or doubt accepted 116. Comrade - (among men) a
opinion colleague or a fellow member of an
organization
103. Asymmetry - lack of
equality or equivalence b/w parts 117. Eschew - deliberately avoid
or aspects of something using; abstain from

104. Augmented - having been 118. Indulgent - having or


made greater in size or value indicating a readiness or over-
readiness to be generous to or
105. Sluggishness - lacking lenient with someone
alertness , acting slowly or
unwilling to act 119. Foment- instigate or stir up
(an undesirable or violent
106. Slack - decrease or reduce sentiment or course of action)
in intensity , quantity or speed
120. Instigate - bring about or
107. Grudgingly - giving or initiate (an action or event)
allowed only reluctantly
121. Overture - an approach or
108. Travesty - a false or say proposal made to someone with
distorted representative of the aim of opening negotiations or
something establishing a relationship

109. Flawed - having or 122. Brinkmanship - the art or


characterized by a fundamental practice of pursuing a dangerous
weakness or imperfection policy to the limits of safety before
stopping, especially in politics
110. Welfarism - the principle or
policies associated with welfare 123. Jeopardize - put (someone
state or something) into a situation in
which there is a danger of
111. Efficacy - the ability to loss,harm, or failure
produce a desired or intended
result 124. Deadlock - . a situation,
typically one involving opposing

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parties, in which no progress can be considering the essentials of


made something

125. Harbinger - messenger 138. Proactively - acting in


advance to deal with an expected
126. Headwinds - a wind blowing difficulty
from directly in front, opposing
forward motion 139. Gird - make cutting or
critical remarks
127. Filip - to strike with tips of
finger 140. Exhort - strongly encourage
or urge (someone) to do something
128. Implication - something
that is suggested, or happens, 141. Bulwark - a defensive wall ;
indirectly. any protection against external
danger, injury, or annoyance
129. Spillover - an instance of
overflowing or spreading into 142. Liberty - a right or privilege
another area ; freedom of expression

130. Triumvirate - a govt or 143. Elude - to avoid or escape


association of three functioning (someone or something) by being
jointly quick, skillful, or clever

131. Hammer out - to form or 144. Confinement - the action of


produce (an agreement ,plan etc) confining or state of being confined
after much discussion or dispute
145. Arbitrary - . based on
132. Template - a model or random choice or personal whim,
anything serving as pattern rather than any reason or system

133. Critics - a person who 146. Detention - maintenance of


expresses an unfavorable opinion of a person in custody or confinement,
something especially while awaiting a court
decision
134. Vocal - expressing opinions
or feelings freely or proudly 147. Pronounce - declare or
announce in a formal or solemn
135. Underscore - underline way; declare or announce in a
(something) formal or solemn way

136. Ceded - to yield or formally 148. Backlash - a strong


surrender to another negative reaction by a large number
of people, especially to a social or
137. Substantial - real & tangible political development
not imaginary ; of considerable
importance, size or worth ; 149. Incalculable - not able to be
calculated or estimated

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163. Damning - strongly


150. Relentless - unceasingly suggesting guilt or error(of a
intense, harsh circumstance or piece of evidence)

151. Outright - open & direct 164. Revelations - an act of


(adjective); wholely & completely, making something known
instantly (adverb)
165. Smokescreen - a cloud of
152. Signatory - a party signing smoke created to conceal military
agreement operations

153. Covenant - an agreement 166. Sovereignty - supreme


power or authority
154. Uphold - confirm or support
167. Defying - openly refuse to
155. Ridiculous - absurd pay; appear to be challenging
(someone) to do or prove
156. Prosecutor - a person, something
especially a public official , who
institutes legal proceedings against 168. Untenable - (especially of a
someone position or view) not able to be
maintained or defended against
157. Allegation - a claim that attack or objection
someone has done something
illegal or wrong without proof 169. Cold blooded - without
emotion or pity; deliberately cruel
158. Fleeting - lasting for very or callous
short time
170. Massacre - (as noun)an
159. Extradition - the action of indiscriminate and brutal slaughter
extraditing a person accused or of many people ; (as
convicted of crime(it means ki apko verb)deliberately and brutally kill
apke country ya dusre country bhej (many people)
diya jyga as because you r accused
or convicted of crime) 171. Testimony - a formal
written or spoken statement,
160. Caveat - a warning or especially one given in a court of
proviso of specific stimulations, law
conditions, or limitations
172. Conspiracy - a secret plan
161. Refuge - the state of being by a group to do something
safe or sheltered from danger or unlawful or harmful
difficulty
173. Espionage - the practice of
162. Paranoid - exhibiting or spying or of using spies, typically by
characterized by extreme & governments to obtain political and
irrational fear or distrust of others military information

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174. Collude - come to a secret 187. Slump - a sudden severe or


understanding; conspire prolonged fall in the price, value, or
amount of something
175. Glaring - a.giving out or
reflecting a strong or dazzling light. 188. Dampener - a thing that has
b.staring fiercely or fixedly c. highly a restraining or subduing effect
obvious or conspicuous
189. Rationale - a set of reasons
176. Deposition - the giving of or a logical basis for a course of
sworn evidence action or belief

177. Flags - mark (an item) for 190. Dispel - make (a doubt,
attention or treatment in a feeling, or belief) disappear
specified way
191. Credibility - the quality of
178. Outpace - go, rise, or being trusted and believed in
improve faster than
192. Commend - praise formally
179. Pencilled - register or or officially ; present as suitable for
arrange for approval or acceptance;
recommend ; entrust someone or
180. Slacken - reduce or something to
decrease in speed or intensity
193. Unambiguous - not
181. Impetus - the force/energy ambiguous, or unclear; distinct;
with which a body moves (also unequivocal
means prerana, motivation)
194. Tinker - (as noun)(especially
182. Undergird - to support or in former times) a person who
strengthen from beneath makes a living by traveling from
place to place mending pans and
183. Resumption - the action of other metal utensils ; a mischievous
beginning something again after a child ; an act of attempting to repair
pause or interruption something. (As a verb)attempt to
repair or improve something in a
184. Sustainability - the ability to casual or desultory way
be sustained, supported, upheld, or
confirmed 195. Admirably - in an admirable
manner(Admirable means worthy
185. Undermine - lessen the of admiration; inspiring approval,
effectiveness, power, or ability of, reverence, or affection.)
especially gradually or insidiously
196. Intrinsically - of or relating
186. Protracted - lasting for a to the essential nature of a thing;
long time or longer than expected inherent
or usual
197. Altruistic - showing a
disinterested and selfless concern

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for the well-being of others; a. ~old or no longer in active


unselfish use (as adjective)

198. Palatable - (of food or 214. Burial - concealing


drink) pleasant to taste something under the ground

199. Distort - pull or twist out of 215. Articulate - put into words
shape ; give a misleading or false
account or impression of 216. Viable - capable of living

200. Autonomy - right of self 217. Holistic - emphasizing the


government functional or organic relation
between parts & whole
201. Fulcrum - the pivot about
which lever turns 218. Inevitable - something
which can't be ignored
202. Scary - provoking fear or
terror 219. Hailed - acclaimed

203. Prerequisite - required 220. Hampshire - a county of


previous condition southern England on the
English Channel
204. Appraisal - the classification
of someone or something respect 221. Underdog - one at a
to its worth disadvantage and expected to lose

205. Conspire - to plot together 222. Senator - a member of a


senate ~legislator
206. Messy - dirty & disorderly
223. Scope - get the better of
207. Cobweb - spider's web
224. Preponderantly - much
208. Vicinity - a particular area greater in number or influence

209. Disbursal - expense 225. Proclaimed - declared


publicly; made widely known
210. Stewardship - the position
of steward (Steward means 226. Thumping - very large
caretaker of something) (informal)

211. Camouflage - concealing, 227. Cohort - supporters


hiding
228. Unassailable - immune to
212. Precipitate - bring about attack; incapable of being tampered
abruptly with ; unshakable

213. Legacy - ~(Law ) a gift of 229. Sway - win approval or


personal property by will(as noun) support for; controlling influence

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246. Rebels - freedom fighter;


230. Outperform - be or do insurgent
something to a greater degree
247. Sustained - continuous,
231. Vigorously - smartly uninterrupted

232. Manoeuver- act in order to 248. Allies - an alliance of


achieve certain goal nations joining together to fight a
common enemy
233. Albeit - even though
249. Mellowed - having attained
234. Jaded - exhausted kindliness or gentleness through
age & experience
235. Radically - in a radical
manner (( radical means used of 250. Hardline - firm &
opinions and actions) far beyond uncompromising
the norm )
251. Substantial - fairly large,
236. Exceptionalism - far beyond significant
what is usual in magnitude or
degree ; surpassing what is 252. Backers - sponsor, patron
common, usual or expected
253. Emboldened - made bold &
237. Cessation - a stopping, halt courageous

238. Hostilities - fighting 254. Vowed- make a


vow,promise
239. Geopolitical - of or relating
to geopolitics 255. Delusional - suffering from
or characterized by delusions
240. Proxies - a person (Delusion means psychotic belief or
authorized to act for another a mistaken or unfounded opinion or
idea)
241. Unprecedented - having no
precedented; novel 256. Ticking - (as verb)make a
clicking or ticking sound;(as noun)a
242. Humanitarian - marked by metallic tapping sound
humanistic values & devotion to
human welfare 257. Dither - act nervously, be
undecided, be uncertain, make a
243. Graver - hand tool fuss, be agitated

244. Catastrophic - extremely 258. Impair - make worse or less


harmful; bringing physical or effective
financial ruin
259. Predicament - a situation
245. Regime - authorities from which extrication is difficult

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especially an unpleasant or trying


one 275. Expedient - Serving to
promote your interest
260. Hefty- large in amount,
extent or degree 276. Implication - something
that is inferred
261. Ordained - fixed or
established by order or command 277. Ring-fencing - guarantee
that funds or investment will be
262. Desperately - with great spent only for a particular purpose
urgency ; in intense despair ( hope
is lost) 278. Imponderables - a factor
whose effect cannot be accurately
263. Legacy - old or no longer in assessed
active use
279. Overreach - fail by aiming
264. Havoc - violent & needless too high or trying too hard ; Beat
disturbance through cleverness and wit

265. Letting - allowing, 280. Disquieting - causing


permitting mental discomfort

266. Assert - put forward 281. Intent - (as


noun)aim,design,purpose; (as
267. Out of bounds - off-limits, adjective) attentive, absorbed,
outside the foul lines captive, engrossed

268. Perpetuate - cause to 282. Rationale - principle


continue or prevail
283. Convict - (as verb) find or
269. Coffers - a chest for storing declare guilty; (as noun) a person
valuables convicted of a criminal offense

270. Replete - (followed by with) 284. Incitement - provocation


deeply filled or permeated
285. Swoop - move down on as if
271. Subtle - difficult to detect in a attack
or grasp by the mind or analyze ;
working or spreading in a hidden & 286. Sedition - (law) an illegal
specially injurious way action inciting resistance to lawful
authority and tending to cause the
272. Interference - hindrance, disruption or overthrow of the
intervention, encumbrance government

273. Partisan - supporter 287. Cue - a stimulus that


provides information about what to
274. Populist - a politician only do
advocating policies that are popular

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288. Invoked - appealed, put 304. Misconceived - interpreted


forward, ask for aid or protection in wrong way

289. Draconian - very or overly 305. Commemorate - call to


harsh or strict remembrance

290. Inexplicable - 306. Tarring - coating with tar,


incomprehensible, incapable of surfacing
being explained
307. Notion - belief, feeling,
291. Antipathy - a feeling of whim, opinion
intense dislike
308. Treason - an act of
292. Casually - in unconcerned deliberate betrayal, disloyalty
manner
309. Incompatibility - mutual
293. Disaffection - disloyalty, exclusiveness, inconsistency
betrayal
310. Junk - dispose of(something
294. Allegedly - a/c to what has useless or odd)
been alleged
311. Haven - a shelter serving as
295. Legitimate - lawful, logical, a place of safety or sanctuary; also
valid means seaport

296. Dissent - objection, protest 312. Discern - 1.see or hear


differences; detect with difficulty
297. Locus - venue, locale 2.perceive, recognize or understand

298. Intellectual - involving 313. Flush - 1.Turn red as if in


intelligence rather then emotions or embarrassment or shame 2. make
instinct level or straight 3. flow freely

299. Eyesore - something very 314. Condemnable - bringing or


ugly & offensive deserving severe rebuke or censure

300. Roiled - annoyed, irritated 315. Parody - a composition that


misrepresents something style ,
301. Upsurge - a sudden forceful usually in humorous way
flow
316. Outrage - anger aroused by
302. Dispensation - an some perceived offence or injustice
exemption from a rule or obligation
317. Condemnation -
303. Wielding - maintaining , disapproval, judgment of conviction
handling
318. Obstinate - tenaciously
unwilling, tending to do the

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opposite of what is normal or 334. Unprecedented - having no


wanted precedent; novel ~new,
unexampled, unheard-of
319. Seditious - 1.arousing to
action or rebellion 2. in opposition 335. Pursued - a person who is
to civil authority or govt being chased(as noun); followed
with enmity as if to harn(as
320. Citizenry - the body of adjective)
citizens of a state or country
336. Jeopardize - pose a threat,
321. Utterance - vocalization put at risk

322. Touchstone - a basis for 337. Privileging - favoring


comparison
338. Subpoenas - (law) a writ
323. Sought - that is looked for issued by court authority to compel
the attendance of a witness at a
324. Insinuate - 1.introduce or judicial proceeding; disobedience
insert (oneself) in a subtle manner may be punishable as a
2.give to understand contempt of court

325. Overtly - in a overt 339. Defiance - a hostile


manner(overt means observable as challenge
well as not secret or hidden)
340. Proposition - a proposal
326. Overlay - put something on offered for acceptance or rejection
top of something, kill by lying on
341. Peril - a source of danger
327. Agitation - disturbance
usually in protest, turmoil 342. Circumvent - encircle as
military tactic , beat through
328. Discourse - an extended cleverness & wit, avoid or try to
communication dealing with some avoid fulfilling ,answering, or
particular topic often interactive performing

329. Menace - threat 343. Discomfiture - anxious


embarrassment
330. Thin-skinned - quick to take
offence 344. Lurk - lie in wait, behave in
a sneak & secretive manner, wait in
331. Fend off - prevent from hiding to attack
happening
345. Backdoor - a secret or
332. Critique - critical review underhand means of success

333. Unchecked - not restrained 346. Stirred up - emotionally


or controlled aroused

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347. Regimes - authorities, govt


363. Agrarian - relating the
348. Constrain - limit or hold cultivation of land
back, make more restrictive, or
impose greater penalties 364. Fuelled - heated, driven, or
produced by burning fuel
349. Snooping - watch , observe ,
or inquire secretly 365. Pretext - something serving
to conceals plan; an artful (not
350. Liberty - freedom of choice straightforward or candid) or
simulated semblance (misleading
351. Exclusive - not divided or appearance)
shared with others
366. Revocation - the state of
352. Perplexing - confusing, being canceled or annulled
puzzling
367. Ought - expresses an
353. Wield - handle effectively, emotional, practical ,or other
exert, maintain reason for doing something

354. Overrule - rule against, 368. Pave - cover with material


override, overthrow, overturn, to make suitable for vehicle traffic
reverse
369. Proclamation - a formal
355. Reiterate - to say, state, or public statement
perform again
370. Tangles - something
356. Quash - put down by force , jumbled or confused
keep down ,subdue ;declare invalid
371. Tussle - Disorderly fighting
357. Bipartisan - supported by (as noun); make messy or untidy,
both sides fight or struggle in a confused way
at closed quarters (as verb)
358. Consensus - full agreement
between a number of people 372. Status quo - the existing
state of affairs
359. Emboldened - made bold or
courageous 373. Dissident - disagreeing,
especially with a majority
360. Strata (plural of stratum) -
class, socioeconomic class ; also 374. Expedite - process fast &
layer , level effectively

361. Squeezing - the act of 375. Petition - (law) a formal


gripping & pressing firmly written request for judicial action

362. Sluggishness - lethargy , 376. Propriety - correct or


inactivity appropriate behavior

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377. Clutch - take hold of, grab 389. Red tape - needlessly time
(as verb); 1. the act of grasping, 2. a consuming process
tense critical situation 3. A
collection of things or persons to be 390. Steer - (as verb) direct,
handled together (all as verbs) guide ; (as noun) an indication of
potential opportunity
378. Piquant - having an
agreeably pungent taste(as 391. Roadblock - barrier
adjective); attracting or delighting 392. Billowing - characterized by
(also adj) great swelling waves or surges

379. Reinstated - restored to 393. Glitzy - having glitz(Glitz


previous state or rank means Tasteless showiness)

380. Reposed - to put something 394. Retrospective - (as noun)


(eg trust) in something; lay, put art exhibition; (as adjective)
down; also it means lie when dead concerned with past

381. Unseemly - not in keeping 395. Spook - frighten or scarce,


with accepted standards of what is often provoke into a violent action
right or proper in political society
396. Pertinent - having precise
382. Unseat - remove from or logical relevance to the matter at
political office hand

383. Farcical - broadly or 397. Seizure - 1. capture, gaining


humorous; resembling force control 2. a sudden occurrence

384. Incumbent - the official 398. Intent - (as noun) aim,


who holds an office design, purpose; (as adjective) 1.
determined 2. absorbed, captive,
385. Travesty - a composition engrossed, enwrapped
that imitates or misrepresents
somebody's style , usually in a 399. Yardstick - criterion,
humorous way measure, standard, touchstone ; a
ruler or tape that is 3 feet long
386. Partisan - devoted to a
cause or party 400. Rolling - begin operating or
running
387. Makeshift - done or made
using whatever is available (as 401. Stall - postpone doing what
adjective); something contrived to one should be doing; deliberately
meet an urgent need or emergency delay an event or action

388. Face up - deal with 402. Bearing - relevant relation


(something unpleasant) head on, or interconnection
confront, face

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403. Meagre - deficit in amount,


quality or extent 417. Transnational - of or
relating to uniform movement
404. Ambient - completely without rotation
enveloping
418. Cumulative - increasing by
405. Handful - a small no. of successive addition
amount, a quantity that can be held
in hand ; one or more people or 419. Midst - the location of
children that are hard to manage something surrounded by other
things
406. Lodge - put, fix, force, or
implant ; place a formal charge 420. Influx - the process of
against; dwell, inhabit flowing in

407. Tenable - based on sound 421. Overshadow - be greater in


reasoning or evidence significance than; make appear
small by comparison; cast a shadow
408. Agglomerations - a jumbled upon
collection or mass, the act of
collecting in a mass 422. Confront - oppose, as in
hostility or a competition
409. Dissemination - the opening
of subject to widespread discussion 423. Wary - marked by keen
& debate; the act of dispersing or caution & watchful prudence
diffusing something (prudence means liberty as well as
knowing how to avoid
410. Demolition - an event that embarrassment & distress); openly
completely destroys something distrustful or unwilling to confide

411. Onus - an onerous or 424. Shrill - having or emitting a


difficult concern high pitched & sharp tone or tones;
being sharply insistent on being
412. Elderly - people who are old heard
collectively
425. Eurosceptic - someone
413. Gamble - (as verb)play opposed to or sceptical of increased
games for money; (as noun)a risky power of the EU
act or venture
426. Reconcile - make(one thing
414. Diplomatic - using or ) compatible with(another); come
marked by tact in dealing with to terms; accept as inevitable
sensitive matters
427. Clout - (as noun)special
415. Integration - consolidation advantage of influence; strike hard
especially with the fist(as verb)
416. Ravages - a destructive
action; depredation

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428. Implicit - unquestioning; 441. Grave - death of person


implied though not directly
expressed 442. Dreary - lacking in liveliness,
charm or surprise; causing dejection
429. Bode - be a sign of
something to come , esp something 443. Elite - selected as the best
important or bad
444. Dwindling - gradually
430. Dent - (as noun)an decreasing or say becoming smaller
appreciable consequence; (as
verb)bend,deform, twist 445. Ebbing - a gradual decline

431. Outright - at once, directly 446. All-out - using all available


resources
432. Retention - holding,
keeping 447. Breakthrough - 1.
productive insight 2. a penetration
433. Concede - confess, grant, of a barrier such as enemy's
yield defence

434. Frenzied - excessively 448. Entail - impose, involve, or


agitated; distraught with fear or imply as a necessary
other violent emotion accompaniment or result

435. Immigrant - a person who 449. Sew - run up, stitch up


moves to a foreign country to live
their permanently 450. Flounder - 1. walk with
great difficulties 2. Behave
436. Stark - 1. complete or awkwardly; have difficulties
extreme 2. blunt, rude 3. providing
no shelter or sustenance 451. Toll - the loss or damage
incurred through a conflict, disaster
437. Ember - a hot fragment of or accident
wood or coal that is left from a fire
& is glowing 452. Infiltrating - passing
through an enemy line; in a military
438. Flare up - a sudden intense conflict
happening
453. Hammer out - discuss
439. Stand-off - 1. draw, tie 2. vehemently in order to a solution or
repulsion an agreement

440. Convoy - 1. a process of 454. Alienation - separation


land vehicles traveling together 2. a resulting from hostility , disaffection
collection of merchant ships with an
escort of warships 3. the act of 455. Marshal - make ready for
escorting in transit action or use

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456. Exacerbate- make (a


problem, bad situation, or negative 471. Headwinds - wind blowing
feeling) worse opposite to the path of a ship or
aircraft
457. Usher - take (someone) to
their seats 472. Malady - any unwholesome
or desperate condition or aircraft
458. Freight - goods carried by a
large vehicle; also means cheaper 473. Incapacitated - lacking in or
charge levied on carrying goods deprived of strength/power

459. Austerity - the trait of great 474. Payout - payment of money


self-denial
475. Impaired - Diminished in
460. Haulage - the act of strength, quality or utility
drawing or hauling something
476. Holistic - emphasizing the
461. Enunciate - express or state organic or functional relationship
clearly b/w parts & the whole

462. Containerisation - the act of 477. Threshold - a region


packaging into a container marking a boundary ; also the
starting point for new state or
463. Roll-on roll-off - a method experience
of transportation that vehicles roll
onto at the beginning & roll off at 478. Ascertained - established
the destination after a calculation, investigation,
experiment, survey or study
464. Therapeutic - relating or
involved in therapy
If there is any typing error,
465. Hinge - a circumstance
upon which subsequent event
Pardon me.
depends
- Gr@$p.....A K
466. Fruition - the condition of
bearing fruit

467. Strapped - without or very


Happy learning!!
short of money

468. Hard-pressed - facing


financial trouble or difficulty

469. Lauding - praise, glorify

470. Adhere - be compatible or


in accordance with

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