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Amenable (adjective)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Willing to accept or be influenced by a
suggestion
Usage: Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to
our proposals?
Synonyms: Conformable, docile, obedient, tractable, biddable,
submissive, compliant, law-abiding, placable

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Docile (adj.)
quiet and easy to influence, persuade, or control:
Usage: The once docile population has finally risen up against
the ruthless regime.
Usage: They have a big dog, but he’s real friendly and docile.
Tractable (adj.)
easily dealt with, controlled, or persuaded:
Usage: The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected.
Biddable (adj.)
ready to accept and follow instructions.
Usage: "a biddable, sweet-natured child"

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Submissive (adj.)
allowing yourself to be controlled by other people or animals:
Usage: He was looking for a quiet, submissive wife who
would obey his every word.
In the presence of older birds, the younger eagles tend to be
submissive.
Compliant (adj.)
willing to do what other people want you to do:
Usage: a compliant child

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law-abiding (adj.)
Someone who is law-abiding obeys the law:
Usage: Such actions against law-abiding citizens will not be tolerated.
abiding (adj.) An abiding feeling or memory is one that you have
had for a long time: or lasting for a long time
Usage: My abiding memory is of him in the garden.
Placable (adj.)
easily calmed; gentle and forgiving.
Usage: "he was placable in his animosities and affectionate in his family"

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 Antonyms: Defiant, recalcitrant, incompliant, intractable, willful

Defiant (adj.)
proudly refusing to obey authority:
a defiant attitude
Recalcitrant (adj.)
(of a person) unwilling to obey orders or to do what should be done,
or (of an animal) refusing to be controlled

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 Recant (verb)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: To say that one no longer holds an opinion or
belief
Usage: He recanted by saying that his brother had told him to lie.

Synonyms: Take back, unsay, withdraw, abjure, renounce,

repudiate, retract, renege, repeal

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Withdraw (verb)
to take something back, or to remove something:
Usage: He asked that his name be withdrawn from nomination for
a Golden Globe Award.

Abjure (verb)
to say formally or publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or
way of behaving
Usage: They proposed that nations should abjure the use of force.

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Renounce (verb)
to say formally or publicly that you
no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with
something:
Usage: Gandhi renounced the use of violence.
Repudiate (verb)
to refuse to accept something or someone as true, good,
or reasonable:
Usage: He repudiated the allegation/charge/claim that he
had tried to deceive them.

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Retract (verb)
to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that
a statement was false:
Usage: retract an invitation/confession/promise
renege (verb)
to not do what you previously agreed to do;
to fail to keep a promise or agreement:
Usage: If you renege on the deal now, I'll fight you in the courts.
Repeal (verb)
the act of removing the legal force of a law:
Usage: We're campaigning for a/the repeal of the abortion laws.

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 Antonyms: Adhere, admit, assert, contend, proclaim, confirm,
endorse
Adhere (verb)
to stick firmly:
Usage: A smooth, dry surface helps the tiles adhere to the wall.
Assert (verb)
1st meaning
to say that something is certainly true:
Usage: He asserts that she stole money from him.
2nd meaning
to do something to show that you have power
Usage: She very rarely asserts her authority over the children.
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Contend (verb)
to say that something is true or is a fact:
Usage: The lawyer contended that her client had never been near
the scene of the crime.
Proclaim (verb)
to announce something publicly or officially, especially something
positive
Usage: It was the famous speech in which he proclaimed that socialism
was dead.
Endorse (verb)
to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or
someone:
Usage: The Council is expected to endorse the committee's recommendations.

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Contrite (adjective)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Feeling very sorry and guilty for something
Usage: He seemed genuinely contrite when he apologized.
Synonyms: Apologetic, compunctious, penitent, remorseful,
repentant, rueful
Compunctious(adj.)
making you feel that you should not do something because it
is wrong
Usage: To get to that level she can’t have been too compunctious.

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Penitent (adj.)
showing that you are sorry for something you have done because
you feel it was wrong:
Usage: "I'm sorry," she said with a penitent smile.
Remorseful (adj.)
feeling sad and guilty
Usage: He expect them to be remorseful.
Repentant (adj.)
feeling sorry for something that you have done
Usage: I am not repentant that we decided on that programme with
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Rueful (adj.)
feeling sorry and wishing that something had not happened:
Usage: He turned away with a rueful laugh.

Antonyms: Remorseless, shameless, impenitent, unapologetic,

pitiless, ruthless

Remorseless (adj.)
severe and showing no sadness or guilt:
Usage: remorseless violence / a remorseless judge

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pitiless (adj.)
cruel and having no pity: or severe and unpleasant:
He told us his story in pitiless detail.

Ruthless (adj.)
not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel:
Some people believe that to succeed in this world you have to be
ruthless.

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Pompous (adjective)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Self-important, one is better than other people
Usage: He can sometimes sound a little pompous when he talks
about acting.

Synonyms: Arrogant, ostentatious, assumptive, imperious,

pretentious, supercilious, cavalier

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Ostentatious (adj.)
too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in
an attempt to make other people notice and admire you:
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.
Assumptive (adj.)
1st Meaning taken for granted
2nd meaning characterized by assumption
Imperious (adj.)
unpleasantly proud and expecting to be obeyed:
She sent them away with an imperious wave of the hand.

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Pretentious (adj.)
trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are
supercilious (adj.)
behaving as if you are better than other people, and
that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important:
He spoke in a supercilious voice.
Cavalier (adj.)
not considering other people's feelings or safety:
That's a rather cavalier attitude.

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 Antonyms: Humble, lowly, unpretentious, diffident, introverted,
timid
Lowly (adj.)
low in position and importance, or not respected:
He took a lowly job in an insurance firm.
Diffident (adj.)
shy and not confident of your abilities:
You shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done
really well!
Timid (adj.)
shy and nervous; without much confidence; easily frightened:
He is a timid child.
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