Words #3 Flashcards by Pradeep Vasudevan

Courts will legally — them (free)

absolve

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he was so tall, so —, that he was easy to spot (attractive)

prepossessing

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We will — the remaining ones (remove)

chip away

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They were loaded with —- legal terminology. (limited to a small circle)

esoteric

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the response comes across as highly — (കപടഭക്തിയുള്ള)

sanctimonious

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The response is somewhat — in the immediate context (അഹങ്കാരമുള്ള)

supercilious

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but even that did not — a formal response from the government (demand)

warrant

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international support — of paranoia (contains)

smacked, paranoia - ചിത്തഭ്രമം

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The fact that a few comments could send the Indian government into a — (എന്ത് ചെയ്യണമെന്നു അറിയാതെ നില്‍ക്കുക)

tizzy

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lead to a lengthy —, reflects a siege mentality arising from deep insecurity (പ്രത്യാഘാതം)

riposte

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How about questioning the — of the Indian Election Commission (ആര്‍ജ്ജവം)

rectitude

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Which category would that fall under? —, or ? — ധാര്‍മ്മികമായ OR കപടഭക്തിയുള്ള

sanctimonious, Pious

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Your opinionated, unqualified — compares the US Jan 6- and last year’s Delhi-violence (പകര്‍പ്പെഴുത്തുകാരന്‍)

scribe

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the parties which were unable to convince the electorate to vote for it — to terrorism. ആശ്രയിക്കുക

resorted

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her neutrality could be — നിര്‍ണ്ണയിക്കുക

gauged

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even when it wasted no time by — pursuing covid vaccine (മര്‍ക്കടമുഷ്‌ടിയായി)

tenaciously

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A — seems inevitable now (ഏറ്റുമുട്ടല്‍, ബലപരീക്ഷ)

showdown

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of any — relating to above… (offense that police officer can arrest)

cognizable offence

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Twitter’s act of defying the orders as per the law means it is on — (a course of action that is difficult to stop and that will eventually lead to failure or trouble)

slippery territory.

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Twitter’s act of — the orders as per the law means it is on slippery territory. (refusing)

defying

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The technology platform’s — may perhaps even lead to a legal challenge (opinion, position)

stance

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the hashtag that it wanted blocked was not merely — but seriously problematic, and indefensible on the grounds of freedom of speech (അനിഷ്‌ടമായ, അരുചികരമായ)

distasteful

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the hashtag that it wanted blocked was not merely distasteful but seriously problematic, and — on the grounds of freedom of speech (നീതികരിക്കാനാകാത്ത)

indefensible

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There is no — (ban, forbidding)

proscription

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political parties and people’s representatives are important --- of grievances (channel)

conduits

കാവ്യനീതി

poetic justice

--- world goes gaga over you. (socially aware)

woke

the American people should not be --- with this… (tolerating)

putting up

it is --- (മനസ്സാക്ഷിക്കു വിരുദ്ധമായ), not right or reasonable.

unconscionable

PM Modi's vaccine diplomacy is an --- move helping India take leadership in the developing world (കൗശലമുള്ള)

astute

You cannot --- responsibility (indifferent)

shrug off

You are going to be --- (hold responsible)

held to your word

You cannot --- ignorance (അഭിനയിക്കുക)

Feign

People running --- on the road (അനിയന്ത്രിതമായി)

amok, അമക്

In a tweet and on-air remark that he later --- (edited for publishing)

redacted

Cop thinks Octavia's OEM horn is ---, tries to fine (duplicate)

aftermarket

After having --- into the ongoing farmers' agitation in India (ക്ലേശിച്ച്‌ മുന്നോട്ട്‌ പോകുക)

waded

instead spread a --- about Indian democracy and the Indian Prime Minister (പച്ചക്കള്ളം)

canards, കനാർഡ്

Won't get --- by external forces (അസ്വസ്ഥമാക്കുക)

perturbed പർറ്റർബ്ഡ്

If you can --- the contributors (കേന്ദ്രീകരിക്കുക)

converge

Lay down detailed --- of the business scenarios (ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക)

depiction

World is being --- by these guys (കബളിപ്പിക്കുക)

hoodwinked

Right from their --- years (രൂപം കൊള്ളുന്ന)

formative

No propaganda can --- India's unity! (തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക) | It often --- them from taking chances

deter

The protests have become the most --- challenge (വഴങ്ങാത്ത)

intractable

I am --- to work in a particular way (think in a particular way)

wired

Oman is --- by mallus (ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുക)

infested

Feel a sense of --- (അപര്യാപ്‌തം)

inadequacy

I was --- by the idea ( ഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുക)

fascinated

Modi sought to --- the worry about... (ആശ്വസിപ്പിക്കുക)

allay

This might spell the --- of msp (end, death)

demise

Responding to pm --- that (ദൃഢനിശ്ചയം)

assertion

I am 73% --- and won't be able to integrated back in to society (മെരുങ്ങാത്ത)

feral

There were signs of a --- in twitter tussle with (ഉരുകല്‍)

thaw

Govt was --- if they should bring it under press Council...(ദീർഗ്ഗമായി ചിന്തിക്കുക), മൽ

mulling

So much for --- of dalit! (വിമോചനം)

emancipation

Kamlesh tewari said something that is --- (അങ്ങേയറ്റം മോശമായ)

egregious

inane comments and --- is at it again (അബദ്ധം)

gaffes

Wayanad MP kept --- on about mandis during his speech in Kerala. (വിരസഭാഷണം)

droning

Quite --- of you (അനുചിതമായ)

unbecoming

--- carefully (വളരെ ശ്രദ്ധിച്ച്‌ നടക്കുക)

Tread

rally in Jammu --- to felicitate Ghulam Nabi Azad (വ്യക്തമായ)

ostensibly, ആസ്റ്റെൻസബൽ

Sibal, opening another --- said (പാര്‍ശ്വഭാഗത്തുകൂടി ആക്രമിക്കുക)

flank

makes a sharp --- statement

sartorial

led to the --- rise of pocket squares --- drops to the valleys below (extremely high or steep.)

vertiginous

It did have a --- impact on the cyber security ecosystem too (high, severe)

torrential

The --- garden, that belongs to ... a --- actress cake with a --- whipped cream topping (very attractive)

luscious

growing his food --- chemicals or pesticides a picture of him --- specs (without)

sans

After claiming Teradata tried to --- its spot The Church had --- upon the domain of the state (Seize)

usurp, infringement

Wfh is something that is --- on us (delegated to a lower level)

devolved

their accusation of the Congress party dividing the country is “---” (a joke)

laughable

When, how, where to get --- | Vaccinated

inoculated

who practised at the Telangana High Court, were --- while they were coming to Hyderabad. (assailed, attacked)

waylaid

how do we continue to --- our skills she has been working hard to --- her physique (sharpen)

hone

what time did you --- last night? (reach home)

get home

more than 100 missiles were launched, --- radar emissions a teaching style which focus on what is of importance for each pupil (targeting)

homing in on

Montana is --- a surprising number of rare mammals | realm, a place where something flourishes

home to

we must --- the message that crime doesn't pay | make something clearly understood by the use of repeated or forcefully direct arguments

drive home

she could see that her remark had --- (made desired impact) the full impact of life as a celebrity began to --- (start realizing)

hit home

Sibal, however, also --- the BJP (targets)

trained guns at/on

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala --- stake in this smallcap stock | leaders publicly --- their demands

pares down, pare off

and we must not --- their wisdom merchants who --- their own country (unfair criticism, disparage)

denigrate

self-control and --- spirit "a woman of --- spirit" (mpossible to subdue or defeat)

indomitable

you’ll likely find it an --- workout An ---walk (making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy) ഊര്‍ജ്ജസ്വലമാക്കുക

invigorating

Feel free to --- (interrupt) | he --- the odd question here and there (interjected)

chime in ചൈമ്, interjected

--- the non compatibility of power series (neverthless, inspite of) --- that the hall was packed with bullies (althogh - conjuction) I didn't like it. ---, I remained calm (neverthless, - adjective)

Notwithstanding

ELAs are --- down…

diminishing in size

"the heartbreak of --- relationships" (hacked off, cut off)

severed, സെവർഡ്

But more ---, it had received a record donation she asked me a lot of very --- questions (relevant, important)

pertinently

Use cases and content packs help --- defenses (ആലംബം, support)

bolster

More candidates jump into the --- (കലഹം)

fray

There’s a surprisingly --- rear windscreen (sexy)

rakish

I am unable to --- these arguments (accept, digest)

stomach

All of us are --- to our beliefs and values (അര്‍ഹതപ്പെട്ട)

entitled

With the Skoda Kushaq, we are poised to tap the --- demand for mid-size SUVs (മൊട്ടിടുക)

burgeoning, ബർജൻ

India us strengthen defence ties as --- against China (പുറങ്കോട്ട)

bulwark

she was not --- about using her social influence in support of her son" (ഓക്കാനമുള്ള)

squeamish

chip shortage that has got automakers in a --- (കുഴപ്പത്തിലാവുക)

pickle

Palakkad is a --- of nature, culture and heritage (ഇടകലര്‍ന്ന)

medley

Amit Shah Claim Of BJP's Phase 1 Show Earns Mamata Banerjee --- (അവിശ്വാസം)

Incredulity

Amit Shah's claim earned a major --- from Mamata Banerjee (react to sarcasm)

eyeroll

The treadmill has gotten a bad --- (reputation)

rap

Apple shares eight close-up Holi-themed photographs as it shows iPhone camera --- (സാമര്‍ഥ്യം)

prowess, പ്രൗസ്

The BJP also took a --- at chief minister Mamata Banerjee (ആക്ഷേപിക്കുക)

jibe

BJP West Bengal unit --- TMC leader Nusrat Jahan (പുച്ഛിക്കുക) Derisive one liners

derided

Shock-weary global economy --- for supply jolt from Suez mess (കച്ചകെട്ടുക)

girds, ഗർഡ്

--- tape recorder cassette using pencil (കേടുപാടുതീര്‍ക്കുക)

mended

Is the --- house sparrow finally making a comeback? ഇണക്കമുള്ള

sociable

Often --- telecom companies (മുഷ്‌ടിയുദ്ധം)

sparring, Sparred സ്പാർഡ്

The Prohibitory orders --- in connection with (നിയമപ്രഖ്യാപനം)

promulgated

those with --- immunity (ദുര്‍ബലമായ).

frail

However, with the --- and a general prevailing disregard to preventive norms (Things begin to change)

tide turning for the worse

Some are also --- to complications like bilateral pneumonia (to be harmed or affected in a bad way)

falling prey

---!!! But I love the wicked sense of humor in this group (ദൈവദൂഷണം)

Sacrilege

Essentially a large --- of urban and semi urban areas (ചെടികള്‍ വളരുന്ന വിശാലമായ സ്ഥലം)

swathe

I was --- when Sashi taroor entered politics (അത്യുത്സാഹമുള്ള)

upbeat

Highly --- and intelligent people (വൈദഗ്‌ദ്ധ്യമുള്ള)

accomplished

I was --- with Congress (അബദ്ധധാരണകളേയോ വ്യര്‍ത്ഥസ്വപ്‌നങ്ങളേയോ നീക്കുക)

disillusioned

They will --- in a new change in India (സാധ്യമാക്കുക)

usher

They can --- you in different ways (പറ്റിക്കുക)

dupe

Coming from an --- family in eastern UP’s (പ്രശസ്‌തമായ,)

illustrious

Mukhtar had decided to take a direct political --- (വെള്ളത്തില്‍ ചാടല്‍)

plunge

Mukhtar, who appeared to have --- (bad fortune)

run out of luck

Baru claims the cultural revolution --- by the (introduced by)

brought about

what are the challenges that could --- Modi’s ascent (അടിച്ചമര്‍ത്തുക)

stifle, സ്റ്റൈഫൽ

when they are not --- away their time, serve as foot-soldiers during elections. (അലസത)

idling

What is happening in West Bengal is the systematic --- and criminalisation of public life. (തരംതാഴ്‌ത്തുക)

debasement

serious allegations of criminal --- against their top brass (താറുമാറാക്കുക)

complicity

polling was --- by violence and even booth capturing (കേടു വരുത്തുക)

marred

A people that had hitherto attached an exceptional premium on education and knowledge --- in private and meekly digested the disgrace. (മുറുമുറുപ്പ്‌)

grumbled

Baru claims the cultural revolution brought about by the emerging class of power elite --- the aspirational India (അടിസ്ഥാനമുറപ്പിക്കുക)

underpinned

Is there a --- global effort to destabilise India from outside (സംഘടിതമായ)

concerted

Rihanna --- a row on social media (ഇളക്കിവിടുക) --- a controversy..

stirred

In a highly unusual move that has --- (look with suspect)

raised eyebrows

we urge that facts are --- and proper understanding of issues at hand be undertaken (പരിശോധിച്ചറിയുക).

ascertained

Taken the --- of leading the pillar… (പ്രത്യേക അവകാശം സിദ്ധിച്ച)

charter

On global criticism, --- with caution (അടിവയ്‌ക്കല്‍)

tread

Words #3 Flashcards

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