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10. Maverick: a person who thinks and 22. Stampede: a situation in which a
acts independently of and differently group of people or animals all start
from others. अपरं परागत to run in a very fast uncontrolled way
because they are frightened or
11. Erratic: moving or behaving in a way excited. भगदड़
that is not regular, certain, or
expected. अनियमित 23. Thronging: being or going
somewhere in very large numbers.
12. Crass: offensive in manner or style. भीड़ करते हुए फिरना
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28. Disconcerting: making someone feel 40. Invasive: done by cutting into or
uncertain and uncomfortable or putting something into the body.
worried. चिंताजनक चीरफाड़ यक्
ु त
30. Invoked: to mention or use a law, rule 42. Affront: an action or statement that
etc. as a reason for doing something. insults or offends someone. अपमान
अवलंब लेना
43. Patriarchal: ruled or controlled by
31. Nexus: a means of connection; tie; men. परु
ु ष-प्रधान
link. सम्बन्ध
44. Sexist: relating to discrimination or
32. Impediments: something that makes devaluation based on a person's sex
progress or movement difficult or or gender, especially such
impossible. बाधा discrimination directed against
women. लिंगभेदवादी
33. Tarnish: to damage or ruin the good
quality of (something, such as a 45. Stringent: very strict or severe. कठोर
person's reputation, image, etc.).
कलंकित करना 46. Stigma: a set of negative and often
unfair beliefs that a society or group
Idiom of people have about something.
कलंक
34. Under a cloud: To be viewed with
suspicion, distrust, or disapproval. 47. Dismantling: destroying (something)
in an orderly way; gradually causing
35. Astonishing: very surprising. (something) to come to an end. टुकड़े
आश्चर्यजनक टुकड़े करना
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52. Precursor: something that comes 63. Transcending: going further, rising
before something else and that often above, or being more important or
leads to or influences its better than something, especially a
development. अग्रगामी limit. श्रेष्ठ होना
55. Exacerbated: made (a bad situation, 65. Broke out: started suddenly.
a problem, etc.) worse. बिगड़ी हुई को
और बिगाड़ना Idioms
56. Scrutiny: the careful and detailed 66. In limbo: in a situation where you do
examination of something in order to not know what will happen or when
get information about it. अति सावधानी something will happen.
से की गई जाँच 67. In vogue: If something is in vogue, it
57. Transgenic: having genetic material is very popular and fashionable.
introduced from another type of plant 68. Perils: great danger, or something
or animal. पराजीनी that is very dangerous. जोखिम
58. Throttle: to create problems that 69. Laxity: behaviour that shows little
make it very difficult for something to care, attention, or control. ढिलाई
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96. Dipped: went down to a lower level; 109. Polarisation: the act of dividing
became less or lower. नीचे को आना something, especially something that
contains different people or
97. Clubbed: combined with others so as opinions, into two completely
to collect a sum of money for a opposing groups. दो तेजी से विषम समह ू ों
particular purpose. या विचारों या विश्वासों के समह
ू में विभाजन
98. Tepid: not very good or strong. 110. Antipathy: a feeling of strong
उत्साहहीन dislike, opposition, or anger. घण
ृ ा
99. Demurring: raising objections or 111. Citadel: a fortress that
showing reluctance. आपत्ति करना commands. गढ़
100. Expediting: making something 112. Prudent: careful, and using good
happen more quickly. जल्दी करना judgment. विवेकी
Phrasal verbs 113. Turbulence: a state of confusion
101. Rein in: to limit or control and lack of order. अशांति
(someone or something). 114. Ousted: forced someone to leave
102. Shore up: to support or help a position of power, job, place, or
competition. बेदख़ल करना
(something).
115. Invoked: to mention a law,
103. Eating into: using or taking away principle, or idea in order to support
a large part of something valuable, an argument or to explain an action.
such as money or time. इकट्ठा करना तलब करना
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128. Purview: area of responsibility or 139. On the face of it: without knowing
influence. दायरा all of the relevant facts; apparently.
129. Reparation: something good that 140. Paradigm shift: a complete and
you do to help to improve a bad important change in the usual or
situation that you have created. accepted way of doing or thinking
क्षतिपर्ति
ू about somebody/something.
130. Resort: to do or use (something) 141. On the ground: for the reason
especially because no other choices that; because.
are possible. प्रयोग करना
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167. Felled: to beat or knock down 179. Train its guns: to give close
someone or something. गिराना attention to something.
168. Pertinent: relating directly to the 180. Letter and spirit: to obey both
subject being considered. मन literal interpretation/wording and the
ु ासिब
intent/purpose of the law.
169. Conferred: gave somebody a
special right or advantage. प्रदान करना 181. Walk the extra mile: to make more
effort than is expected of you.
170. Wrath: extreme anger. रोष
182. Myriad: a very large number of
171. Palatable: pleasant or acceptable things. असंख्य
to someone. स्वीकार्य
183. Tweaking: making small changes
172. Contrarian: opposing or rejecting in order to improve something.
popular opinion or current practice. सधु ारना
विपरीत
184. Polarising: separating or making
173. Gubernatorial: of or relating to a people separate into two groups with
governor. गवर्नर संबंधी completely opposite opinions. विपरीत
करना
174. Perpetual: continuing for a long
period of time without stopping. 185. Barring: except if a particular
लगातार thing happens. को छोड़कर
198. Done away with: removed or put 210. Onus: the responsibility or duty to
an end to something. do something. दायित्व
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214. Found its feet: became familiar 227. Invoked: to use a law or rule in
with and confident in a new situation. order to achieve something. उपयोग
करना
215. Up their game: to try harder and
improve the quality of what you are 228. Lamentation: an expression of
doing. great sorrow or deep sadness. विलाप
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239. Votaries: a person who strongly 250. Flag: to warn or tell people about
supports a particular cause or something that is important or is a
person. समर्थक problem. सचि
ू त करना
240. Heft: the influence, ability, or 251. Volatile: likely to change suddenly
importance that someone or and unexpectedly, especially by
something has. महत्त्व getting worse. परिवर्तनशील
247. Steered: directed or guided the 258. Inching closer: to move very
movement or progress of something. slowly or in a lot of short stages.
चलाना
259. Lost ground: to go into a position
248. Instrumental: very important in where you are less strong, advanced,
helping or causing something to or successful than someone else.
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313. Sober: serious and calm. गंभीर 326. Diatribes: angry speeches or
pieces of writing that severely
314. Hair-trigger: needing only slight criticizes something or someone.
influence to cause reaction. आशक्र
ु ोधी अभियोगात्मक भाषण
315. Tinderbox: a situation or place 327. Intransigent: refusing to change
that could suddenly become an opinion. कट्टर
extremely violent or dangerous.
विस्फोटक स्थिति वाला स्थान 328. Enshrined: to officially record
something such as an idea or
Idioms principle in a document so that it
316. Drawn to a close: came to an end. cannot be ignored. प्रतिष्ठापित
317. Bearing the brunt: suffering the 329. Spate: a large number of things
worst part of an unpleasant or that appear or happen in a short
problematic situation. period of time. बौछाड़
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333. Upped the ante: increased your 345. Imminent: likely to happen very
demands or the risks in a situation in soon. आने वाला
order to achieve a better result.
346. Malaise: a general feeling of being
334. Pulled the plug on: prevented ill, unhappy or not satisfied, or that
something from happening or something is wrong in society,
continuing. without being able to explain or
identify what is wrong. रुग्णता
335. Imperative: something that is very
important and urgent. आत्यावश्यक 347. Realm: an area of activity,
knowledge or interest. क्षेत्र
336. Averring: saying something in a
very strong and definite way. दृढ़ता से 348. Grim: unpleasant or worrying.
कहना अप्रिय या चिंताजनक
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377. Volition: the power to make your 388. Devolved: having had power
own decisions. इच्छाशक्ति transferred or delegated to a lower
level, especially from central
Phrasal verb government to local or regional
378. Carved out of: removed from a administration.ह तांत रत होना
larger whole. 389. Blessed: gave approval to
Idioms: (something). दान करना
379. Take the lead: to be the first to 390. Posited: put forward as fact or as
start doing something or be most a basis for argument. कसी त म
active in doing something. रखना
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402. Conspicuously: in a way that is 414. 13. Grappling with: trying to deal
easy to see or notice, or that is likely with or understand a difficult
to attract attention. सस्
ु पष्टता से problem or subject.
406. Puisne: inferior in rank. पद में कम 419. 2. Unprecedented: that has never
happened, been done or been known
407. Discomfiture: a feeling of unease before. अभत
ू पर्व
ू
or embarrassment; awkwardness.
व्याकुलता 420. 3. Weariness: the state of being
bored with something because you
408. Punitive: intended to punish have experienced too much of it.
someone or something. दं डात्मक क्लांति
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432. Dragged its feet: did something 443. Embrace: to accept something
very slowly or delayed doing enthusiastically. अपनाना
something because you did not want
Phrasal verbs
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471. Has its task cut out: to have a 483. Warranted: justified or
difficult task to do or a challenging well-founded. अनब
ु द्ध
situation to face.
484. Anchoring: fixing something in
472. From the ground up: From the position so that it cannot move. कसना
most basic level to the highest level;
completely. 485. Imperative: absolutely necessary
or required;unavoidable. अननवार्क
473. Keep its house in order: to make
sure that all your affairs are arranged 486. Entrench: to firmly establish
properly and there is nothing wrong something, especially an idea or a
with them. problem, so that it cannot be
changed. अनतक्रमण करना
474. Tread carefully: To delicately
handle or approach a situation in 487. Mounting: gradually increasing.
order not to upset or worsen the बढ़ता हुआ
current circumstances, which may be 488. Strip out: to ignore particular
precarious. numbers or facts in a situation in
475. Unequivocally: in a way that is order to understand what is really
clear and unambiguous. स्पष्ट रूप से important.
476. Elucidating: explaining something 489. Put in the dock: To subject one to
or making something clear. स्पष्ट intense scrutiny or examination; to
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620. Reneging: not doing what you 630. Arbitrary: based on a desire or
previously agreed to do; failing to idea or chance rather than reason.
keep a promise or agreement. मक ु र मनमाना
जाना
631. Diktats: orders or decrees
621. Pragmatic: solving problems in a imposed by someone in power
sensible way that suits the without popular consent. अलोकप्रिय
conditions that really exist now, और कड़ा आदे श
rather than obeying fixed theories,
ideas, or rules. व्यावहारिक 632. Posturing: behaviour that is not
natural or sincere but is intended to
Word of foreign origin attract attention or to have a
particular effect. दिखावा
622. Fait accomplish: something that
has already happened or been done 633. Innate: which you are born with,
and cannot be changed. or which is present naturally. जन्मजात
628. Impersonation: the act of 638. Out of his depth: not having the
intentionally copying another knowledge, experience, or skills to
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641. Coups: sudden illegal, often 651. Called in: asked someone to
violent, takings of government come to help in a difficult situation.
power, especially by part of an army.
तख्तापलट 652. Cling on to: to try very hard to
keep something.
642. Refashioned: remade, altered. नये
सिरे से बनाना
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683. Turned over a new leaf: changed 694. Fulcrum: the main thing or person
one's behavior, usually in a positive needed to support something or to
way. make it work or happen. आधार
684. Comes calling: To make one's 695. Valiant: very brave or bravely
presence felt (due to large numbers, determined, especially when things
strength, qualities etc). are difficult or the situation gives no
cause for hope. बहादरु
685. Overwhelming: being so bad or
so great that a person cannot deal 696. Hegemony: the position of being
with it; giving too much of a thing to the strongest and most powerful and
a person. डुबाना therefore able to control others.
नायकत्व
686. Proactive: intending or intended
to produce a good result or avoid a 697. Cognisant: having knowledge or
problem, rather than waiting until understanding of something. अवगत
there is a problem. अग्रसक्रिय
Phrasal verbs
687. Audacious: willing to take risks or
to do something that shocks people. 698. Ramp up: to increase the speed,
साहसी power, or cost of something.
688. Sectarian: connected with the 699. Scaled up: increased the size,
differences that exist between amount, or importance of something,
groups of people who have different usually an organization or process.
religious views. सांप्रदायिक 700. Rebounded: increased or
689. Status quo: the present situation improved after a recent decrease or
or condition. यथापर्व decline. फिर से उछाल आना
ू स्थिति
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702. Scrapped: cancelled or got rid of 713. Allocation: the act of giving
something that was no longer something to somebody for a
practical or useful. निकाल फेंकना particular purpose. आवंटन
708. Succour: help given to someone, 719. Prompt: (of an action) done
especially someone who is suffering quickly and without delay, or (of a
or in need. सहायता person) acting quickly or arriving at
the arranged time. शीघ्र
709. Disbursal: the act of spending or
paying out money. संवितरण 720. Traction: the fact of an idea,
product, etc. becoming popular or
710. Overhauling: the act of being accepted. लोकप्रिय होना
completely changing a system so
that it works more effectively. परू ी जांच 721. Sway: to cause something to
और मरम्मत move or change. प्रभावित करना
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797. Restraint: calm and controlled 808. Signed off: concluded an activity.
behaviour. संयम 809. Insulated: protected from
798. Intemperate: showing anger or unpleasant influences or
violence that is too extreme and not experiences. अलग करना
well controlled. असंयमी 810. Portend: to be a sign or warning
799. Vicariously: by watching or of something that is going to happen
reading about somebody else doing in the future, especially something
something, rather than by doing it bad or unpleasant. पर्वा
ू भास या पर्व
ू सचू ना
yourself. परोक्ष तौर पर दे ना
800. Apprehension: worry about the 811. Grim: unpleasant and depressing.
future, or a fear that something ख़राब
unpleasant is going to happen. आशंका 812. Condemned: criticised something
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899. Deportation: the action of forcing 911. Reliance: the state of needing or
someone to leave a country, depending on something or someone
especially someone who has no legal in order to be able to do something.
right to be there or who has broken आश्रय
the law. निर्वासन
912. Lynchpin: a person or thing that
900. Marred: spoilt something, making is the most important part of an
it less good or less enjoyable. खराब organization, a plan, etc., because
करना everything else depends on them or
it. सर्वाधिक महत्वपर्ण
ू व्यक्ति
901. Unshackled: free from
restrictions. बंधनमक्
ु त 913. Welter: a large and especially
badly organized number of things.
Phrasal verb घालमेल
902. Striking down: deciding that a law 914. In lieu of: instead of. बदले में
is illegal and should not apply.
915. Ring-fence: to protect something
903. Envision: to imagine or expect by putting limits on it so that it can
something to happen, appear, etc. in only be used by particular people or
a particular way. कल्पना करना for a particular purpose.
904. Expediting: making something Idioms
happen more quickly. जल्दी करना
916. In the wake of: happening after an
905. Resilient: able to recover quickly event or as a result of it.
after something unpleasant such as
shock, injury, etc. प्रत्यास्थी 917. Level the field: to make a situation
fair for everyone.
906. Shunned: avoided or refused to
accept someone or something. 918. Designation: the action of
अस्वीकार करना choosing a person or thing for a
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927. Harbinger: a person or thing that 937. Elusive: difficult to describe, find,
shows that something is going to achieve, or remember. हाथ न आनेवाला
happen soon, especially something 938. Plight: an unpleasant condition,
bad. अग्र-दत
ू especially a serious, sad, or difficult
928. Idiosyncratic: having strange or one. दर्दु शा
unusual habits, ways of behaving, or 939. Proponents: people who speak
features. विशेष प्रकृति का publicly in support of a particular
929. Clamour: a loud complaint about idea or plan of action. समर्थक
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973. Silver lining: an advantage that 983. Apex: the highest point or most
comes from a difficult or unpleasant successful part of something. सर्वोच्च
situation.
Phrasal verbs
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993. Rattled: worried someone or 1004. Cordial: friendly, but formal and
made someone nervous. घबड़ा दे ना polite. सौहार्दपर्ण
ू
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Idiom
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