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1. Impeccably - flawlessly

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16. Tepid - 1.moderately warm 2.

halfhearted
17. Buffoon - 1. a rude or vulgar fool 2.
a person who amused others by
ridiculous behavior
18. Pyrrhic - of or relating to a war
dance of ancient Greece

2. Canonized - glorified
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

self-assured, or conceited manner

22. Meddling - the act of altering

something secretly or improperly

7. Shrug - raise one's shoulders to

indicate lack of knowledge,
indifference or resignation

23. Resolute - firm in purpose or belief;

characterized by firmness &
determination

8. Megalomaniac - a pathological
egotist

24. Mortification - strong feeling of

embarrassment
(chagrin,
humiliation)

9. Repugnant - offensive to the mind

10. Pedestal - 1. a support or
foundation 2. a position of great
esteem

26. Abnegate - surrender (power or

position), deny or renounce

11. Flamboyant
marked
by
ostentation but often tasteless
(ostentation means showy, vulgar
display, gaudy outward display)

27. Encore - an extra or repeated

performance; usually given in
response to audience demand

12. Huddled - crowded or massed

together

28. Morales - physiological condition,

team spirit

13. Compliance - conformation

29. Decry - express strong disapproval

of

14. Sacrosanct - must be kept sacred

15. Decreed - fixed or established
especially by order or command

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25. Smack - 1. deliver a hard blow to 2.

taste 3. kiss lightly

30. Referendum - A popular vote by the

electorate whether to approve a
specific legislative act

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31. Charismatic - magnetic, attractive

32. Stipulate
specify

33. Contemporary
present

condition,

qualify,

belonging

to

47. Solely - without any others being

included or involved
48. Pontificate- talk in a dogmatic &
pompous manner
49. Narcissistic - egoistic, self-loving

34. Insurgency An organized

rebellion aimed at overthrowing a
constituted government through
the use of subversion and armed
conflict
35. Culminate - End, especially to reach
a final or climactic stage
36. Invincible - Incapable of being
overcome or subdued

50. Holier - blessed, sacred, sanctified

51. Amputation - disability, handicap
52. Persuasive - intended or having the
power to induce action or believe
53. Reiteration - the act of repeating
over & again
54. Temerity - Fearless daring

37. Indigenous - Originating where it is

found

55. Antiquity - extreme oldness

38. Persona - an actor's portrayal of

someone in a play

56. Detractors - one who disparages or

belittle the worth of something

39. Rhetoric - 1. using language

effectively to please or persuade 2.
Load & confused & empty talk

57. Imbue - diffuse, penetrate, soak

40. Anti-imperialist - Against imperialist

ideals and practices

59. Implausible - having a quality that

provokes disbelief, farfetched,
imaginative

58. Presumptuous - excessively forward

41. Crippling - disabling, incapacitating

42. Ethos - the distinctive spirit of a
culture or an area
43. Peasantry - the class of peasants (A
peasant means a country person)
44. Assertive - aggressively self assured
45. Incumbent - the official who hold
an office
46. Coalesced - joined together in a
whole

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60. Retort - Response in a quick, clever

or humorous way
61. Throbbing - a sound with a strong
rhythmic beat
62. Mired - entangled or hindered as if
in mire
63. Feisty - ~showing courage (plucky,
spunky)
a. ~quick to take offence
(huffy, miffy, touchy, thinskinned)

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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
passage or capable of being
affected

68. Scorched - sunbaked, destroyed

69. Atrocity - inhumanity
70. Slapdash carelessness

marked

by

great

71. Sway - ~move back & forth or

sideways(as verb)
a. ~controlling influence (as
noun)
72. Barest unfinished

naked,

unsheathed,

85. Teeming - abundantly filled with

especially living thing
86. Nukes - the warhead of a missile
designed to deliver an atom bomb
87. Accord - willingly
88. Twists & Turns - complicated
dealings
89. Prosecution - sue at law

73. Cynical - taunting, misanthropic;

abusing
vocally;
expressing
contempt or ridicule
74. Overweening
extravagant,
presumptuously arrogant
75. Flagrant
conspicuously
&
outrageously bad or reprehensible

91. Alleged - accused but not proved or

convicted
92. Quid pro quo - a favor granted in
return of something

76. Snarled - tangled in knots or snarls

93. Derailed - to come or bring to a

sudden halt

77. Clan - group of people related by

blood or marriage

94. Conspiracy - a secret plan to do

something unlawful

78. Marquee - large

sumptuous tent

95. Nexus - a central or focal point

79. Milieu
condition

the

80. Liminal - at a
transitional stage

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90. Accountability - responsibility

or

often

environmental

96. Ostensible - stated or appearing to

be true , but not necessarily so

threshold

97. Frivolous - not having any serious

purpose or value

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98. Bugbear - a cause of obsessive fear,

anxiety
99. Legitimate - conforming to the law
or to rules
100.

Probity - honesty, rectitude

101.
Steadied - made steady or
constant
102.
Sceptics - a person inclined
to question or doubt accepted
opinion
103.
Asymmetry - lack of
equality or equivalence b/w parts
or aspects of something
104.
Augmented - having been
made greater in size or value
105.
Sluggishness
lacking
alertness , acting slowly
or
unwilling to act
106.
Slack - decrease or reduce
in intensity , quantity or speed

114.
Reluctant
disinclined

unwilling,

115.
Mourning -sense,grief over
someone's death
116.
Comrade - (among men) a
colleague or a fellow member of an
organization
117.
Eschew - deliberately avoid
using; abstain from
118.
Indulgent - having or
indicating a readiness or overreadiness to be generous to or
lenient with someone
119.
Foment- instigate or stir up
(an
undesirable
or
violent
sentiment or course of action)

or

120.
Instigate - bring about or
initiate (an action or event)

108.
Travesty - a false or say
distorted
representative
of
something

121.
Overture - an approach or
proposal made to someone with
the aim of opening negotiations or
establishing a relationship

107.
Grudgingly - giving
allowed only reluctantly

109.
Flawed
having
or
characterized by a fundamental
weakness or imperfection
110.
Welfarism - the principle or
policies associated with welfare
state
111.
Efficacy - the ability to
produce a desired or intended
result

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112.
Congenial -(of a person)
pleasing or liked on account of
having qualities or interests
113.
that are similar to one's
own

122.
Brinkmanship - the art or
practice of pursuing a dangerous
policy to the limits of safety before
stopping, especially in politics
123.
Jeopardize - put (someone
or something) into a situation in
which there is a danger of
loss,harm, or failure
124.
Deadlock - . a situation,
typically one involving opposing

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parties, in which no progress can be

made
125.

Harbinger - messenger

126.
Headwinds - a wind blowing
from directly in front, opposing
forward motion
127.
Filip - to strike with tips of
finger
128.
Implication - something
that is suggested, or happens,
indirectly.

the

essentials

of

138.
Proactively - acting in
advance to deal with an expected
difficulty
139.
Gird - make cutting or
critical remarks
140.
Exhort - strongly encourage
or urge (someone) to do something
141.
Bulwark - a defensive wall ;
any protection against external
danger, injury, or annoyance

129.
Spillover - an instance of
overflowing or spreading into
another area

142.
Liberty - a right or privilege
; freedom of expression

130.
Triumvirate - a govt or
association of three functioning
jointly

143.
Elude - to avoid or escape
(someone or something) by being
quick, skillful, or clever

131.
Hammer out - to form or
produce (an agreement ,plan etc)
after much discussion or dispute

144.
Confinement - the action of
confining or state of being confined

132.
Template - a model or
anything serving as pattern
133.
Critics - a person who
expresses an unfavorable opinion of
something
134.
Vocal - expressing opinions
or feelings freely or proudly
135.
Underscore
(something)

underline

136.
Ceded - to yield or formally
surrender to another
137.
Substantial - real & tangible
not imaginary ; of considerable
importance, size or worth ;

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considering
something

145.
Arbitrary - . based on
random choice or personal whim,
rather than any reason or system
146.
Detention - maintenance of
a person in custody or confinement,
especially while awaiting a court
decision
147.
Pronounce - declare or
announce in a formal or solemn
way; declare or announce in a
formal or solemn way
148.
Backlash a strong
negative reaction by a large number
of people, especially to a social or
political development
149.
Incalculable - not able to be
calculated or estimated

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150.
Relentless
intense, harsh

unceasingly

151.
Outright - open & direct
(adjective); wholely & completely,
instantly (adverb)
152.
Signatory - a party signing
agreement
153.

Covenant - an agreement

154.

Uphold - confirm or support

155.

Ridiculous - absurd

156.
Prosecutor - a person,
especially a public official , who
institutes legal proceedings against
someone
157.
Allegation - a claim that
someone has done something
illegal or wrong without proof
158.
Fleeting - lasting for very
short time
159.
Extradition - the action of
extraditing a person accused or
convicted of crime(it means ki apko
apke country ya dusre country bhej
diya jyga as because you r accused
or convicted of crime)
160.
Caveat - a warning or
proviso of specific stimulations,
conditions, or limitations
161.
Refuge - the state of being
safe or sheltered from danger or
difficulty
162.
Paranoid - exhibiting or
characterized by extreme &
irrational fear or distrust of others

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Damning
strongly
suggesting guilt or error(of a
circumstance or piece of evidence)
164.
Revelations - an act of
making something known
165.
Smokescreen - a cloud of
smoke created to conceal military
operations
166.
Sovereignty
power or authority

supreme

167.
Defying - openly refuse to
pay; appear to be challenging
(someone) to do or prove
something
168.
Untenable - (especially of a
position or view) not able to be
maintained or defended against
attack or objection
169.
Cold blooded - without
emotion or pity; deliberately cruel
or callous
170.
Massacre - (as noun)an
indiscriminate and brutal slaughter
of
many
people
;
(as
verb)deliberately and brutally kill
(many people)
171.
Testimony - a formal
written or spoken statement,
especially one given in a court of
law
172.
Conspiracy - a secret plan
by a group to do something
unlawful or harmful
173.
Espionage - the practice of
spying or of using spies, typically by
governments to obtain political and
military information

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174.
Collude - come to a secret
understanding; conspire
175.
Glaring - a.giving out or
reflecting a strong or dazzling light.
b.staring fiercely or fixedly c. highly
obvious or conspicuous
176.
Deposition - the giving of
sworn evidence
177.
Flags - mark (an item) for
attention or treatment in a
specified way
178.
Outpace improve faster than
179.
Pencilled
arrange for

go, rise, or

register

or

180.
Slacken - reduce
decrease in speed or intensity

or

181.
Impetus - the force/energy
with which a body moves (also
means prerana, motivation)
182.
Undergird - to support or
strengthen from beneath
183.
Resumption - the action of
beginning something again after a
pause or interruption
184.
Sustainability - the ability to
be sustained, supported, upheld, or
confirmed
185.
Undermine - lessen the
effectiveness, power, or ability of,
especially gradually or insidiously
186.
Protracted - lasting for a
long time or longer than expected
or usual

187.
Slump - a sudden severe or
prolonged fall in the price, value, or
amount of something
188.
Dampener - a thing that has
a restraining or subduing effect
189.
Rationale - a set of reasons
or a logical basis for a course of
action or belief
190.
Dispel - make (a doubt,
feeling, or belief) disappear
191.
Credibility - the quality of
being trusted and believed in
192.
Commend - praise formally
or officially ; present as suitable for
approval
or
acceptance;
recommend ; entrust someone or
something to
193.
Unambiguous not
ambiguous, or unclear; distinct;
unequivocal
194.
Tinker - (as noun)(especially
in former times) a person who
makes a living by traveling from
place to place mending pans and
other metal utensils ; a mischievous
child ; an act of attempting to repair
something. (As a verb)attempt to
repair or improve something in a
casual or desultory way
195.
Admirably - in an admirable
manner(Admirable means worthy
of admiration; inspiring approval,
reverence, or affection.)
196.
Intrinsically - of or relating
to the essential nature of a thing;
inherent
197.
Altruistic showing a
disinterested and selfless concern

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for the
unselfish

well-being

of

others;

a. ~old or no longer in active

use (as adjective)

198.
Palatable - (of food or
drink) pleasant to taste

214.
Burial
concealing
something under the ground

199.
Distort - pull or twist out of
shape ; give a misleading or false
account or impression of

215.

Articulate - put into words

216.

Viable - capable of living

200.
Autonomy - right of self
government

217.
Holistic - emphasizing the
functional or organic relation
between parts & whole

201.
Fulcrum - the pivot about
which lever turns
202.
Scary - provoking fear or
terror
203.
Prerequisite
previous condition

required

204.
Appraisal - the classification
of someone or something respect
to its worth
205.

Conspire - to plot together

206.

Messy - dirty & disorderly

218.
Inevitable which can't be ignored
219.

221.
Underdog - one at a
disadvantage and expected to lose
222.
Senator - a member of a
senate ~legislator
Scope - get the better of

Cobweb - spider's web

208.

Vicinity - a particular area

209.

Disbursal - expense

210.
Stewardship - the position
of steward (Steward means
caretaker of something)
211.
Camouflage - concealing,
hiding

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Hailed - acclaimed

220.
Hampshire - a county of
southern
England
on
the
English Channel

223.
207.

something

224.
Preponderantly - much
greater in number or influence
225.
Proclaimed
declared
publicly; made widely known
226.
Thumping
(informal)
227.

very

large

Cohort - supporters

212.
Precipitate - bring about
abruptly

228.
Unassailable - immune to
attack; incapable of being tampered
with ; unshakable

213.
Legacy - ~(Law ) a gift of
personal property by will(as noun)

229.
Sway - win approval or
support for; controlling influence

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230.
Outperform - be or do
something to a greater degree
231.

Vigorously - smartly

232.
Manoeuver- act in order to
achieve certain goal
233.

Albeit - even though

234.

Jaded - exhausted

235.
Radically - in a radical
manner (( radical means used of
opinions and actions) far beyond
the norm )
236.
Exceptionalism - far beyond
what is usual in magnitude or
degree ; surpassing what is
common, usual or expected
237.

Cessation - a stopping, halt

238.

Hostilities - fighting

239.
Geopolitical - of or relating
to geopolitics
240.
Proxies
a
person
authorized to act for another
241.
Unprecedented - having no
precedented; novel
242.
Humanitarian - marked by
humanistic values & devotion to
human welfare
243.

Graver - hand tool

244.
Catastrophic - extremely
harmful; bringing physical or
financial ruin
245.

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Regime - authorities

246.
Rebels - freedom fighter;
insurgent
247.
Sustained
uninterrupted

continuous,

248.
Allies - an alliance of
nations joining together to fight a
common enemy
249.
Mellowed - having attained
kindliness or gentleness through
age & experience
250.
Hardline
uncompromising

firm

&

251.
Substantial - fairly large,
significant
252.

Backers - sponsor, patron

253.
Emboldened - made bold &
courageous
254.
Vowedvow,promise

make

255.
Delusional - suffering from
or characterized by delusions
(Delusion means psychotic belief or
a mistaken or unfounded opinion or
idea)
256.
Ticking - (as verb)make a
clicking or ticking sound;(as noun)a
metallic tapping sound
257.
Dither - act nervously, be
undecided, be uncertain, make a
fuss, be agitated
258.
Impair - make worse or less
effective
259.
Predicament - a situation
from which extrication is difficult

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especially an unpleasant or trying

one
260.
Hefty- large in amount,
extent or degree
261.
Ordained - fixed or
established by order or command
262.
Desperately - with great
urgency ; in intense despair ( hope
is lost)
263.
Legacy - old or no longer in
active use

276.
Implication
that is inferred

to

something

277.
Ring-fencing - guarantee
that funds or investment will be
spent only for a particular purpose
278.
Imponderables - a factor
whose effect cannot be accurately
assessed

264.
Havoc - violent & needless
disturbance

279.
Overreach - fail by aiming
too high or trying too hard ; Beat
through cleverness and wit

265.
Letting
permitting

280.
Disquieting
mental discomfort

266.

allowing,

Assert - put forward

267.
Out of bounds - off-limits,
outside the foul lines
268.
Perpetuate
continue or prevail

cause

to

269.
Coffers - a chest for storing
valuables
270.
Replete - (followed by with)
deeply filled or permeated
271.
Subtle - difficult to detect
or grasp by the mind or analyze ;
working or spreading in a hidden &
specially injurious way
272.
Interference - hindrance,
intervention, encumbrance
273.

Partisan - supporter

274.
Populist - a politician only
advocating policies that are popular

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275.
Expedient - Serving
promote your interest

causing

281.
Intent
(as
noun)aim,design,purpose;
(as
adjective) attentive, absorbed,
captive, engrossed
282.

Rationale - principle

283.
Convict - (as verb) find or
declare guilty; (as noun) a person
convicted of a criminal offense
284.

Incitement - provocation

285.
Swoop - move down on as if
in a attack
286.
Sedition - (law) an illegal
action inciting resistance to lawful
authority and tending to cause the
disruption or overthrow of the
government
287.
Cue - a stimulus that
provides information about what to
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288.
Invoked - appealed, put
forward, ask for aid or protection

304.
Misconceived - interpreted
in wrong way

289.
Draconian - very or overly
harsh or strict

305.
Commemorate - call to
remembrance

290.
Inexplicable
incomprehensible, incapable
being explained

306.
Tarring - coating with tar,
surfacing

of

291.
Antipathy - a feeling of
intense dislike
292.
Casually - in unconcerned
manner
293.
Disaffection
betrayal

disloyalty,

294.
Allegedly - a/c to what has
been alleged
295.
valid

Legitimate - lawful, logical,

296.

Dissent - objection, protest

297.

Locus - venue, locale

307.
Notion - belief, feeling,
whim, opinion
308.
Treason - an act
deliberate betrayal, disloyalty

of

309.
Incompatibility - mutual
exclusiveness, inconsistency
310.
Junk - dispose of(something
useless or odd)
311.
Haven - a shelter serving as
a place of safety or sanctuary; also
means seaport
312.
Discern - 1.see or hear
differences; detect with difficulty
2.perceive, recognize or understand

298.
Intellectual - involving
intelligence rather then emotions or
instinct

313.
Flush - 1.Turn red as if in
embarrassment or shame 2. make
level or straight 3. flow freely

299.
Eyesore - something very
ugly & offensive

314.
Condemnable - bringing or
deserving severe rebuke or censure

300.

Roiled - annoyed, irritated

301.
flow

Upsurge - a sudden forceful

315.
Parody - a composition that
misrepresents something style ,
usually in humorous way

302.
Dispensation
an
exemption from a rule or obligation
303.
Wielding - maintaining ,
handling

316.
Outrage - anger aroused by
some perceived offence or injustice
317.
Condemnation
disapproval, judgment of conviction
318.
Obstinate - tenaciously
unwilling, tending to do the

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opposite of what is normal or

wanted
319.
Seditious - 1.arousing to
action or rebellion 2. in opposition
to civil authority or govt
320.
Citizenry - the body of
citizens of a state or country
321.

Utterance - vocalization

322.
Touchstone - a basis for
comparison
323.

Sought - that is looked for

324.
Insinuate - 1.introduce or
insert (oneself) in a subtle manner
2.give to understand
325.
Overtly - in a overt
manner(overt means observable as
well as not secret or hidden)
326.
Overlay - put something on
top of something, kill by lying on

334.
Unprecedented - having no
precedent;
novel
~new,
unexampled, unheard-of
335.
Pursued - a person who is
being chased(as noun); followed
with enmity as if to harn(as
adjective)
336.
Jeopardize - pose a threat,
put at risk
337.

338.
Subpoenas - (law) a writ
issued by court authority to compel
the attendance of a witness at a
judicial proceeding; disobedience
may
be
punishable
as
a
contempt of court
339.
Defiance
challenge

328.
Discourse - an extended
communication dealing with some
particular topic often interactive
329.

Menace - threat

331.
Fend off - prevent from
happening
Critique - critical review

333.
Unchecked - not restrained
or controlled

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hostile

Peril - a source of danger

342.
Circumvent - encircle as
military tactic , beat through
cleverness & wit, avoid or try to
avoid fulfilling ,answering, or
performing
343.
Discomfiture
embarrassment

330.
Thin-skinned - quick to take
offence

332.

340.
Proposition - a proposal
offered for acceptance or rejection
341.

327.
Agitation - disturbance
usually in protest, turmoil

Privileging - favoring

anxious

344.
Lurk - lie in wait, behave in
a sneak & secretive manner, wait in
hiding to attack
345.
Backdoor - a secret or
underhand means of success
346.
Stirred up - emotionally
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347.

Regimes - authorities, govt

348.
Constrain - limit or hold
back, make more restrictive, or
impose greater penalties
349.
Snooping - watch , observe ,
or inquire secretly
350.

Liberty - freedom of choice

351.
Exclusive - not divided or
shared with others

relating

the

364.
Fuelled - heated, driven, or
produced by burning fuel
365.
Pretext - something serving
to conceals plan; an artful (not
straightforward or candid) or
simulated semblance (misleading
appearance)

confusing,

366.
Revocation - the state of
being canceled or annulled

353.
Wield - handle effectively,
exert, maintain

367.
Ought - expresses an
emotional, practical ,or other
reason for doing something

352.
Perplexing
puzzling

354.
Overrule - rule against,
override, overthrow, overturn,
reverse
355.
Reiterate - to say, state, or
perform again
356.
Quash - put down by force ,
keep down ,subdue ;declare invalid
357.
Bipartisan - supported by
both sides
358.
Consensus - full agreement
between a number of people
359.
Emboldened - made bold or
courageous

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Agrarian cultivation of land

368.
Pave - cover with material
to make suitable for vehicle traffic
369.
Proclamation - a formal
public statement
370.
Tangles
jumbled or confused

something

371.
Tussle - Disorderly fighting
(as noun); make messy or untidy,
fight or struggle in a confused way
at closed quarters (as verb)
372.
Status quo - the existing
state of affairs
373.
Dissident - disagreeing,
especially with a majority

360.
Strata (plural of stratum) class, socioeconomic class ; also
layer , level

374.
Expedite - process fast &
effectively

361.
Squeezing - the act of
gripping & pressing firmly

375.
Petition - (law) a formal
written request for judicial action

362.
Sluggishness - lethargy ,
inactivity

376.
Propriety appropriate behavior

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377.
Clutch - take hold of, grab
(as verb); 1. the act of grasping, 2. a
tense critical situation 3. A
collection of things or persons to be
handled together (all as verbs)

390.
Steer - (as verb) direct,
guide ; (as noun) an indication of
potential opportunity

378.
Piquant - having an
agreeably
pungent
taste(as
adjective); attracting or delighting
(also adj)

391.
Roadblock - barrier
392.
Billowing - characterized by
great swelling waves or surges

379.
Reinstated - restored to
previous state or rank

393.
Glitzy - having glitz(Glitz
means Tasteless showiness)

380.
Reposed - to put something
(eg trust) in something; lay, put
down; also it means lie when dead

394.
Retrospective - (as noun)
art exhibition; (as adjective)
concerned with past

381.
Unseemly - not in keeping
with accepted standards of what is
right or proper in political society

395.
Spook - frighten or scarce,
often provoke into a violent action

382.
Unseat
political office

remove

383.
Farcical - broadly
humorous; resembling force

from

396.
Pertinent - having precise
or logical relevance to the matter at
hand

or

397.
Seizure - 1. capture, gaining
control 2. a sudden occurrence

384.
Incumbent - the official
who holds an office

398.
Intent - (as noun) aim,
design, purpose; (as adjective) 1.
determined 2. absorbed, captive,
engrossed, enwrapped

385.
Travesty - a composition
that imitates or misrepresents
somebody's style , usually in a
humorous way
386.
Partisan - devoted to a
cause or party
387.
Makeshift - done or made
using whatever is available (as
adjective); something contrived to
meet an urgent need or emergency
388.
Face up - deal with
(something unpleasant) head on,
confront, face

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Red tape - needlessly time
consuming process

399.
Yardstick
criterion,
measure, standard, touchstone ; a
ruler or tape that is 3 feet long
400.
Rolling - begin operating or
running
401.
Stall - postpone doing what
one should be doing; deliberately
delay an event or action
402.
Bearing - relevant relation
or interconnection

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403.
Meagre - deficit in amount,
quality or extent
404.
Ambient
enveloping

completely

405.
Handful - a small no. of
amount, a quantity that can be held
in hand ; one or more people or
children that are hard to manage
406.
Lodge - put, fix, force, or
implant ; place a formal charge
against; dwell, inhabit
407.
Tenable - based on sound
reasoning or evidence
408.
Agglomerations - a jumbled
collection or mass, the act of
collecting in a mass
409.
Dissemination - the opening
of subject to widespread discussion
& debate; the act of dispersing or
diffusing something
410.
Demolition - an event that
completely destroys something
411.
Onus - an onerous or
difficult concern
412.
Elderly - people who are old
collectively
413.
Gamble - (as verb)play
games for money; (as noun)a risky
act or venture
414.
Diplomatic - using or
marked by tact in dealing with
sensitive matters
415.

Integration - consolidation

417.
Transnational - of or
relating to uniform movement
without rotation
418.
Cumulative - increasing by
successive addition
419.
Midst - the location of
something surrounded by other
things
420.
Influx - the process of
flowing in
421.
Overshadow - be greater in
significance than; make appear
small by comparison; cast a shadow
upon
422.
Confront - oppose, as in
hostility or a competition
423.
Wary - marked by keen
caution & watchful prudence
(prudence means liberty as well as
knowing
how
to
avoid
embarrassment & distress); openly
distrustful or unwilling to confide
424.
Shrill - having or emitting a
high pitched & sharp tone or tones;
being sharply insistent on being
heard
425.
Eurosceptic - someone
opposed to or sceptical of increased
power of the EU
426.
Reconcile - make(one thing
) compatible with(another); come
to terms; accept as inevitable
427.
Clout - (as noun)special
advantage of influence; strike hard
especially with the fist(as verb)

416.
Ravages - a destructive
action; depredation

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428.
Implicit implied though
expressed

unquestioning;
not directly

430.
Dent
(as
noun)an
appreciable
consequence;
(as
verb)bend,deform, twist
Outright - at once, directly

432.
Retention
keeping
433.
yield

443.

Elite - selected as the best

444.
Dwindling
gradually
decreasing or say becoming smaller
445.

Ebbing - a gradual decline

446.
All-out - using all available
resources

holding,

Concede - confess, grant,

447.
Breakthrough
1.
productive insight 2. a penetration
of a barrier such as enemy's
defence

434.
Frenzied
excessively
agitated; distraught with fear or
other violent emotion

448.
Entail - impose, involve, or
imply
as
a
necessary
accompaniment or result

435.
Immigrant - a person who
moves to a foreign country to live
their permanently

449.

436.
Stark - 1. complete or
extreme 2. blunt, rude 3. providing
no shelter or sustenance
437.
Ember - a hot fragment of
wood or coal that is left from a fire
& is glowing
438.
Flare up - a sudden intense
happening
439.
Stand-off - 1. draw, tie 2.
repulsion
440.
Convoy - 1. a process of
land vehicles traveling together 2. a
collection of merchant ships with an
escort of warships 3. the act of
escorting in transit

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Grave - death of person

442.
Dreary - lacking in liveliness,
charm or surprise; causing dejection

429.
Bode - be a sign of
something to come , esp something
important or bad

431.

441.

Sew - run up, stitch up

450.
Flounder - 1. walk with
great
difficulties
2.
Behave
awkwardly; have difficulties
451.
Toll - the loss or damage
incurred through a conflict, disaster
or accident
452.
Infiltrating
passing
through an enemy line; in a military
conflict
453.
Hammer out - discuss
vehemently in order to a solution or
an agreement
454.
Alienation - separation
resulting from hostility , disaffection
455.
Marshal - make ready for
action or use

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456.
Exacerbatemake
(a
problem, bad situation, or negative
feeling) worse
457.
Usher - take (someone) to
their seats
458.
Freight - goods carried by a
large vehicle; also means cheaper
charge levied on carrying goods
459.
Austerity - the trait of great
self-denial

471.
Headwinds - wind blowing
opposite to the path of a ship or
aircraft
472.
Malady - any unwholesome
or desperate condition or aircraft
473.
Incapacitated - lacking in or
deprived of strength/power
474.

Payout - payment of money

of

475.
Impaired - Diminished in
strength, quality or utility

461.
Enunciate - express or state
clearly

476.
Holistic - emphasizing the
organic or functional relationship
b/w parts & the whole

460.
Haulage - the act
drawing or hauling something

462.
Containerisation - the act of
packaging into a container
463.
Roll-on roll-off - a method
of transportation that vehicles roll
onto at the beginning & roll off at
the destination

477.
Threshold - a region
marking a boundary ; also the
starting point for new state or
experience
478.
Ascertained - established
after a calculation, investigation,
experiment, survey or study

464.
Therapeutic - relating or
involved in therapy
465.
Hinge - a circumstance
upon which subsequent event
depends

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466.
Fruition - the condition of
bearing fruit
467.
Strapped - without or very
short of money

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Hard-pressed
facing
financial trouble or difficulty
469.

Lauding - praise, glorify

470.
Adhere - be compatible or
in accordance with

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