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Aberration Unusual and unacceptable, oddness, deviation from standard, irregularity. For example,He was not normal at that time. His act was aberrational.

Abstruse Hidden, difficult to understand, deep

Accumulation Gather, collect

Acrimonious Angry and bitter feelings / words

Affection Love

Affront To insult

Aggravate To make worse

Alleviate To make sth less severe. Synonym: Ease

Ameliorate Improve

Amenable Agreeable

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Anomaly Irregularity. For example, A man ordered 5kg rice, but the shopkeeper sent 4kg. So, thereis anomaly in supply.

Apart Away, separate, distant

Archipelago A group of islands. Few islands make archipelago.

Argumentative A person who argues, Not willing to obey sth

Arrogant Behaving in a proudy way, that is unpleasant for others, Considering oneself superiorthan others

Auspicious Favourable, Likely to be successful, Promising

Baleful Harmful and damaging

Beget To make sth happen, cause to exist

Bevy Large group

Brook

Tolerate

Cacophony A mixture of unpleasant sounds, noice

Cajole Deceive. Synonym: Coax

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Candid Honest, saying as it is. (2) A candid photo is one that is taken without knowledge of theperson

Capricious Shaky, uncertain

Carnivorous Any animal that eats meat

Cautious Careful in what you say or do

Chary Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Wary

Chide To criticize or blame sb because they have done sth wrong

Coax Deceive. Synonym: Cajole

Congnizant Aware

Compliant (1) Willing or ready to obey. Synonym: Submissive. (2) Agreement

Concealed

Hidden, difficult to understand, deep

Confront To face

Conjoin Join together

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Consensus Agreement

Console to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed

Consul A government official who is the representative of his/her country in a foreign city

Contraction becoming smaller

Council Ruling body, committee

Counsel (1). advice (2). Lawer on behalf of somebody

Crestfallen Sad and disappointed

Curtail To limit something OR to shorten something

Deleterious harmful and damaging

Demise Death

Deteriorate To become worse. Antonym: Improve

Detraction Making something less good/enjoyable/important

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Disavow Deny

Distraction

Disturbance

Doctrine Established belief

Doting Liking/Loving sth very much

Eclected

Drawn from many sources, wisely chosen

Elated Very happy and excited

Eminent Famous

Enamoured Liking something a lot

Enigma A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Mystery, Riddle

Entail To involve something that cannot be avoided

Erudite Deeply learned, Scholarly learned

Euphony Pleasant sounds

Evanescent

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Disapperaing quickly, short lived, fleeting

Evasive Wordy, Not up to the point, using too much words than necessary

Exigent Urgent

Fallow Not used

Feckless Careless

Feeble Weak, Inefficient

Fleeting Disappearing quickly, short lived

Foe Enemy

Fond Liking/Loving sb/sth

Frightened Afraid, feeling of fear

Gloomy

Sad and without hope, No hope of success or happiness in future

Herbivorous Any animal that eats only plants

Hone (1) To sharp, sharpen. (2) To develop and improve sth

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Imminent About to happen

Impartial Neutral

Impecunious Poor, penny less

Indifferent not interested OR no concern

Integrity (1) Honesty (2) Whole, Not devided

Intrinsic Inherent, belonging to sb/sth

Later At a time in future. Antonym: Earlier

Levy Government taxes

Melancholy A deep feeling of sadness, very sad

Mercy A kind and forgiving attitude

Minatory Threatening

Morose Extremely sad, depressed. Synonym: Gloomy

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Mulish Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion

Mystery

A person, place or thing that is mysterious and difficult to understand. Enigma, Riddle

Naive (1) Inexperienced, Lacking knowledge. (2) Innocent and simple

Narrate Tell

Neophyte

Beginner

Nepotism Favoritism

Obstinate Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion, Stubborn

Offensive rude and annoying

Pragmatic Practical

Precede Before, happen before of sth

Probity Honesty

Ratify to make an agreement officially valid by voting for or singning it

Ravenous

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Starving, extremely hungry

Skeptical Unbelievable

Static Not moving

StrutWalk proudly

Stubborn Not changing opinion/attitude, stick to his own opinion

Stuffed Full

Sunninct Concise

Partisan Showing support to a person/group/idea, not nuetral, biased

PilloryTo criticize sb strongly in public

Touchstone Criteria

Tractable

Easy to deal/control, Easily handled

Tranquil Quite and peaceful

Transient Disappearing quickly, short lived, fleeting

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Trepidation Fear

Urbane Wise

Vacous Stupid

Vindictive Trying to harm sb

Volatile Changing easily/suddenly

Vouch To say that somebody will behave well, and you are responsible for his actions

Vow a formal and serious promise

Wary Not taking risks, cautious. Synonym: Chary