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6. Cite: to mention something as proof 17. Bout: a spell or period of activity. दौर
for a theory or as a reason why
18. Thrust: to push suddenly and
something has happened, or to
strongly. ढकेलना
speak or write words taken from a
written work. उल्लेख करना 19. Pertinently: in a way that is
appropriate to a particular situation.
7. Explicitly: in a way that is clear and
संबद्धतापर्व
ू क
exact. स्पष्ट रूप से
20. Anchor: to secure firmly. ठहराना
8. Purposive: having or done with a
purpose.एकाग्र 21. Threshold: the level at which
something starts to happen or have
9. Constitute: to be considered to be
an effect. दहलीज़
something. बनाना
22. Upend: overturn. उलट दे ना
10. Inaugural: first, and marking the
beginning of something important. 23. Surfeit: excess; an excessive
अभिषेकात्मक amount. अति
11. Extravaganza: a large, exciting, and 24. Buoy: to support something and
expensive event or entertainment. make it more successful. सम्भालना
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35. Liaise: to communicate and 47. Abstention: the fact of not voting in
maintain contact (with). संबंध स्थापित favour of or against someone or
करना something. मतदान न करना
59. Sets out: to give the details of or 71. Flagship: the best or most
explain something, esp. in writing. important thing among a group.
प्रमख
ु
60. Building on: using a success or
achievement as a base from which 72. Entangled: twisted together or
to achieve more success. caught in a snarl or entwining mass.
उलझा हुआ
61. Throw up: to produce something
new or unexpected. 73. Quirk: a strange feature of
something. विचित्रता
Idiom
74. Intrinsic: belonging to something
62. Shed light on: to provide as part of its nature. स्वाभाविक
information about something or to
make something easier to 75. Traversed: to pass, move, or
understand. extend over, across, or through;
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81. Nadir: the worst moment, or the 93. Profess: to declare openly. खल
ु े आम
moment of least hope and least स्वीकर करना
achievement. निम्नतम स्तर
94. Fraught: full of unpleasant things
82. Ripple effects: a situation in which such as problems or dangers. भरा
one event produces effects which हुआ
spread and produce further effects.
ऊर्मि-प्रभाव 95. Seminal: original, important and
having great influence on future
83. Derail: to prevent a plan or process developments. मौलिक
from succeeding. रोकना
96. Tenets: a principle, belief, or
84. Benign: pleasant and kind. सह
ु ाना doctrine generally held to be true.
सिद्धांत
85. Reckoned: to believe that
something is true or possible.अनम
ु ान 97. Perpetrators: someone who has
करना committed a crime or a violent or
harmful act. अपराधी
86. Tempering: acting as a neutralizing
or counterbalancing force to 98. Wrath: extreme anger. क्रोध
(something). कम करना
99. Disputed: Argued; not certain,
87. Ingenious: skilfully made or planned agreed upon, or accepted. विवादित
and involving new ideas and
methods. शानदार 100. Run-ins: quarrels; arguments.
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157. Bar: something that obstructs or 169. In the garb of: outward
prevents passage, progress, or appearance or form.
action. रुकावट 170. Hogged the limelight: to get
158. Antithesis: complete opposite of more attention than anyone or
something. विलोम anything else in a situation.
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253. Stymie: to prevent someone from 264. Go awry: to not happen in the
achieving a goal or doing something way that was hoped or planned.
that had been planned. बाधाएँ डालना
265. Tilt the scales: to change the
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341. Tantamount: equal to something 351. Tenure: the amount of time that a
in value, meaning, or effect. बराबर person holds a job, office, or title.
कार्यकाल
342. Dynamic: the forces that control
the relationships people or things 352. Behemoths: an extremely large
have with each other and how those and powerful company or
relationships can change. गति बोधक organization. विशालकाय संगठन
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427. Step up: to increase the size, 439. Hoax: something intended to
amount, or speed of a process that deceive or defraud. छल
is intended to achieve something.
440. Malice: desire to cause pain,
428. Broke out: started suddenly. injury, or distress to another. द्वेष
445. Under his watch: Under one's 458. Yardstick: a standard with which
supervision; while one is in a things can be compared. मापदं ड
position of power, authority, or
responsibility. 459. Dipped: went down to a lower
level; became less or lower. नीचे को
Phrasal verb आना
446. Fell apart: failed or stopped 460. Clubbed: combined with others
working effectively. so as to collect a sum of money for
a particular purpose.
Idioms
461. Tepid: not very good or strong.
447. Struck a chord: created an उत्साहहीन
emotional response.
462. Demurring: raising objections or
448. Under his watch: Under one's showing reluctance. आपत्ति करना
supervision; while one is in a
position of power, authority, or 463. Expediting: making something
responsibility. happen more quickly. जल्दी करना
452. Chunk: a large amount or part of 466. Eating into: using or taking away
something. टुकड़ा a large part of something valuable,
such as money or time. इकट्ठा करना
453. Infructuous: without any purpose
or value; unfruitful. निष्फल 467. Reticence: an unwillingness to
do something or talk about
454. Hazy: difficult to remember or something, for example because
understand clearly. अस्पष्ट you are nervous or being careful.
अल्पभाषिता
455. Tad: a little, slightly. थोड़ा
468. Prevailing: existing in a
456. Underpinning: giving support, particular place or at a particular
strength, or a basic structure to time. प्रचलित
something. सहारा दे ना
469. Emergence: the process of
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476. Turbulence: a state of confusion 488. Solely: only and not involving
and lack of order. अशांति anyone or anything else. केवल
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494. Endorse: to publicly or officially 504. On the ground: for the reason
say that you support or approve of that; because.
(someone or something). समर्थन
करना 505. Underscore: to emphasize
something or show the importance
495. Emancipating: giving people of something. बल दे ना
social or political freedom and
rights. मक् 506. Underway: already started or
ु त करना
happening. प्रक्रिया में
496. Undermine: to make something
or someone become gradually less 507. Converge: to move towards a
effective, confident, or successful. place from different directions and
दर्ब meet. मिलना
ु ल करना
497. Confer: to give somebody a 508. Lofty: very high and good;
special right or advantage. प्रदान deserving to be admired. उन्नत
करना 509. Stringent: very strict or severe.
498. Dissenting: publicly disagreeing कठोर
with an official opinion, decision, or 510. Entail: to make something
set of beliefs. असहमत होना necessary, or to involve something.
Phrasal verbs आवश्यक बना दे ना
503. Paradigm shift: a complete and 515. Brazen: acting or done in a very
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519. Inch ahead: to move forward 531. Pertinent: relating directly to the
very slowly and carefully. subject being considered. मन ु ासिब
520. Foot the bill: to pay for 532. Conferred: gave somebody a
something, esp. something special right or advantage. प्रदान
expensive. करना
521. A shot in the arm: something 533. Wrath: extreme anger. रोष
that has a sudden, strong, positive 534. Palatable: pleasant or acceptable
effect on something; a stimulus or to someone. स्वीकार्य
booster.
535. Contrarian: opposing or rejecting
522. Puts in a spot: To force one to do popular opinion or current practice.
something instantaneously, often विपरीत
causing them unease or
embarrassment. 536. Gubernatorial: of or relating to a
governor. गवर्नर संबंधी
523. A steep task: excessively
demanding or ambitious. 537. Perpetual: continuing for a long
period of time without stopping.
524. His back to the wall: in a difficult लगातार
situation with few choices.
538. Undermining: making someone
525. Ground realities: Used to refer to less confident, less powerful, or
the reality of the situation (It is not a less likely to succeed, or making
standard English expression). something weaker, often gradually.
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563. Foot the bill: pay the bill for Phrasal verbs
something, typically when the 575. Factor in: include a particular
amount is considered large or fact or circumstance in one's
unreasonable. considerations or calculations; take
564. At a snail's pace: extremely something into account.
slowly. 576. In line with: according to or
565. Battering: damage caused by an following something such as a rule
action or event. संप्रहार or principle.
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608. Blink and miss: of such a brief 619. Cash in on: take advantage of or
duration or small size as to be easily exploit a situation.
missed.
Idioms
609. Succour: help or assistance, esp
in time of difficulty. राहत 620. Drop their guard: To become less
guarded or vigilant; to stop being
610. Steered: directed or guided the cautious about potential trouble or
movement or progress of danger.
something. चलाना
621. Inching closer: to move very
611. Instrumental: very important in slowly or in a lot of short stages.
helping or causing something to
happen or be done. सहायक 622. Lost ground: to go into a
position where you are less strong,
612. Tempering: making something advanced, or successful than
less severe by adding something someone else.
that has the opposite effect. कम
करना 623. Gavel: a small mallet used by the
presiding officer of a meeting, a
613. Flag: to warn or tell people about judge, etc., usually to signal for
something that is important or is a attention or order. मँग
ु री
problem. सचि
ू त करना
624. Fraught: full of unpleasant things
614. Volatile: likely to change such as problems or dangers. भरा
suddenly and unexpectedly, हुआ
especially by getting worse.
परिवर्तनशील 625. Persevered: continued making
an effort to do or achieve
615. Referendum: an occasion when something, even when this was
everyone in a country can vote to difficult or took a long time. दृढ़ रहना
make a decision about one
particular subject. जनमत-संग्रह 626. Equivocating: using ambiguous
language so as to conceal the truth
616. Stall: to deliberately delay or avoid committing oneself. स्पष्ट
because you are not ready to do बात न करना
something. टालना
627. Communique: an official piece of
617. Underscored: emphasized. ज़ोर news or an announcement,
दे ना especially to the public or
newspapers. सरकारी सच ू ना
Phrasal verbs
628. Stony: showing no emotion or
618. Rein in: to limit or control friendliness. बेदर्द
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634. Respite: a short break or escape 646. Wrest: to get something with
from something difficult or effort or difficulty. मश्कि
ु ल से प्राप्त
unpleasant. राहत करना
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676. Sober: serious and calm. गंभीर 689. Diatribes: angry speeches or
pieces of writing that severely
677. Hair-trigger: needing only slight criticizes something or someone.
influence to cause reaction. आशक्र
ु ोधी अभियोगात्मक भाषण
678. Tinderbox: a situation or place 690. Intransigent: refusing to change
that could suddenly become an opinion. कट्टर
extremely violent or dangerous.
विस्फोटक स्थिति वाला स्थान 691. Enshrined: to officially record
something such as an idea or
Idioms principle in a document so that it
679. Drawn to a close: came to an cannot be ignored. प्रतिष्ठापित
end. 692. Spate: a large number of things
680. Bearing the brunt: suffering the that appear or happen in a short
worst part of an unpleasant or period of time. बौछाड़
problematic situation. 693. Litigation: the process of taking
681. Rhetoric: speech or writing an argument between people or
intended to be effective and groups to a court of law. मक़
ु दमेबाज़ी
influence people. वक्रपटुता 694. Marred: damaged something or
682. Stall: to stop or delay. टालना made something less good or
successful. बिगाड़ना
683. Bestowed: gave something
valuable or important to someone. Word of foreign origin
प्रदान करना 695. ad hominem: directed against a
684. Flouted: to intentionally disobey person’s character rather than their
a rule or law, or to intentionally argument.
avoid behavior that is usual or Idioms
expected. अवज्ञा करना
696. Upped the ante: increased your
685. Contention: anger and demands or the risks in a situation
disagreement. तकरार in order to achieve a better result.
686. Traction: the support or interest 697. Pulled the plug on: prevented
that is needed for something to something from happening or
make progress or succeed. संबल continuing.
687. Eyeball-to-eyeball: face to face 698. Imperative: something that is
with someone, especially in an very important and urgent.
aggressive way.
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723. Demit: resign from (an office or 735. Intercept: to stop and catch
position). इस्तीफा दे ना something or someone before that
thing or person is able to reach a
724. Undermine: to make something particular place. रोकना
or someone become gradually less
effective, confident, or successful. 736. Flare-up: a situation in which
दर्ब
ु ल करना something such as violence, pain,
or anger suddenly starts or gets
725. Contented: said that something much worse. दं गा
is true or is a fact. दृढ़तापर्व
ू क कहना
737. Lingering: lasting a long time.
726. Impeachment: the act of विलंब करने वाला
charging an important public figure
with a serious crime. अभियोग 738. Leverage: influence or power
used to achieve a desired result.
Phrasal verb प्रभावन क्षमता
727. Spell out: to explain something 739. Unveiled: showed or introduced
in a very clear way with details. something new or made it known
Idiom: publicly for the first time. अनावरण
करना
728. A far cry from: to be completely
different from something. 740. Volition: the power to make your
own decisions. इच्छाशक्ति
729. Ratification: the process of
making an agreement official. Phrasal verb
अनस
ु मर्थन 741. Carved out of: removed from a
730. Galvanise: to cause (a force that larger whole.
is capable of causing change) to Idioms:
become active. प्रेरित करना
742. Take the lead: to be the first to
731. Cliques: an exclusive circle of start doing something or be most
people with a common purpose. गुट active in doing something.
732. Contours: a feature (or the order 743. Biting the bullet: forcing yourself
or arrangement of features) of to do something unpleasant or
anything having a complex difficult, or being brave in a difficult
structure. रूप-रे खा situation.
733. Bolster: to support something, or 744. Squashed: stopped something
make something stronger. सहारा दे ना
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780. 15. Bodes ill: to show or suggest 791. Stigmatised: made somebody
that future developments or events feel unimportant or as if they were
will be unfavorable or unwelcome. very bad and deserved disapproval.
कलंकित करना
781. Stringent: very strict or severe.
कठोर 792. Ostracised: to refuse to let
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815. Scrutiny: the careful and detailed 827. Plenary: a meeting at which all
examination of something in order the members of a group or an
to get information about it. जांच organization are present. पर्ण
ू सभा
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836. Keep its house in order: to make 848. Imperative: absolutely necessary
sure that all your affairs are or required;unavoidable. अननवार्क
arranged properly and there is
nothing wrong with them. 849. Entrench: to firmly establish
something, especially an idea or a
837. Tread carefully: To delicately problem, so that it cannot be
handle or approach a situation in changed. अनतक्रमण करना
order not to upset or worsen the
current circumstances, which may 850. Mounting: gradually increasing.
be precarious. बढ़ता हुआ
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882. Under his thumb: completely 894. Reined in: limited or controlled.
under someone's influence or Idioms
control.
895. Heavy lifting: any serious,
883. Interim: temporary; difficult, or arduous work or
intended for a short period activities.
only. अल्पकाfलक
896. For starters: used to say that
884. Interminable: having or something is the first in a list of
seeming to have no end; things.
continuing for a very long time.
अनंत 897. Transgression: the violation of
a law or a duty or moral
885. Streak: an unbroken series of principle. उल्लंघन
events. दौर
898. Precarious: likely to change or
886. Trajectory: a connected series of become dangerous without
events or actions or developments. warning. खतरनाक
प्रक्षेप पथ
899. Reticence: an unwillingness
887. Benign: not causing damage or to do something or talk about
harm. मामल
ू ी something. चप्ु पी
888. Reckon: make a 900. Walkout: a sudden angry
mathematical calculation departure, especially as a protest
or computation. गणना or strike. fवरोध में बाहर चले जाना
करना
901. Unilaterally: involving,
889. Respite: a pause or rest from done by, or decided by only
something difficult or one person, side, party, or
unpleasant. मोहलत faction. एकतरफा
890. Shepherded: guided or led on a 902. Optics: the way a situation,
course. ले चलना action, event, etc., is perceived by
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991. Impersonation: the act of 1001. Out of his depth: not having the
intentionally copying another knowledge, experience, or skills to
person's characteristics, such as deal with a particular subject or
their behaviour, speech, situation.
appearance, or expressions. प्रतिरूपण
1002. Juncture: a particular point or
992. Eliciting: getting or producing stage in an activity or a series of
something, especially information events. समय
or a reaction. प्राप्त करना
1003. Archipelago: a group of small
993. Arbitrary: based on a desire or islands or an area of sea in which
idea or chance rather than reason. there are many small islands.
मनमाना द्वीपसमहू
995. Posturing: behaviour that is not 1005. Refashioned: remade, altered. नये
natural or sincere but is intended to सिरे से बनाना
attract attention or to have a
particular effect. दिखावा 1006. Dissent: a strong difference of
opinion on a particular subject,
996. Innate: which you are born with, especially about an official
or which is present naturally. suggestion or plan or a popular
जन्मजात belief. मत
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1072. Disbursal: the act of spending or 1083. Traction: the fact of an idea,
paying out money. संवितरण product, etc. becoming popular or
being accepted. लोकप्रिय होना
1073. Overhauling: the act of
completely changing a system so 1084. Sway: to cause something to
that it works more effectively. परू ी move or change. प्रभावित करना
जांच और मरम्मत
1085. Eroding: slowly reducing or
1074. Technocratic: relating to or destroying something. नष्ट करना
involving experts in science or
technology who have a lot of power 1086. Headwinds: sources of
in government or business. प्रविधिज्ञ resistance, as to progress or
तंत्र संबंधी success. विपरीत परिस्थितियां
1078. Spearheaded: led something 1090. Come full circle: To return to the
such as an attack or a course of original or a similar position,
action. अगुआई करना situation, or circumstance where
one or something started.
1079. Unrepentant: showing no shame
about your actions or beliefs. बेरहम 1091. Tread carefully: To delicately
handle or approach a situation in
1080. Inimical: harmful to something; order not to upset or worsen the
not helping something. हानिकारक current circumstances, which may
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