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Aaditya (India)
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  1. contentious
    involving or likely to cause controversy
  2. dispel
    force to go away
    He needs a strong showing this evening to dispel that notion.
  3. manifesto
    a public declaration of intentions
  4. candour
    ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
  5. beleaguer
    surround so as to force to give up
  6. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  7. revamp
    patch up or renovate; repair or restore
  8. prompt
    serve as the inciting cause of
  9. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
    All heads were inclined in an obeisance of deep homage. Sienkiewicz, Henryk
  10. dismal
    causing dejection
  11. auxiliary
    furnishing added support
  12. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  13. demarcation
    the boundary of a specific area
  14. lacuna
    a blank gap or missing part
  15. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  16. cavalcade
    a procession of people traveling by foot, horse, or vehicles
  17. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  18. spur
    incite or stimulate
  19. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  20. fret
    be agitated or irritated
  21. anfractuous
    full of twists and turns
  22. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
  23. evince
    give expression to
  24. unpalatable
    not pleasant or acceptable to the taste or mind
  25. litigation
    a legal proceeding in a court
  26. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  27. leeway
    a permissible difference
  28. defiance
    an act boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  29. reticence
    the trait of being uncommunicative
    By contrast Ms. Croft sometimes still sounds shy, though her reticence is also its own creative strategy.
  30. sycophant
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  31. masquerade
    a party of guests wearing costumes and disguises
  32. xenophobia
    a fear of foreigners or strangers
Created on Fri Nov 09 04:13:16 EST 2012 (updated Sat Dec 01 07:46:34 EST 2012)

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