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Shobhit (India)
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  1. stiff
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  2. stride
    walk with long steps
  3. brood
    hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
  4. musing
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  5. blather
    talk foolishly
  6. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  7. queer
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
  8. peer
    look searchingly
  9. appalled
    struck with dread, shock, or dismay
  10. concoct
    make something by mixing
  11. disposition
    your usual mood
  12. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  13. burlesque
    a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor
  14. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  15. jaywalk
    cross the road at a place not meant for pedestrians
  16. raze
    tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  17. retrospect
    contemplation of things past
  18. retroactive
    affecting things past
  19. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  20. strike up
    start playing
  21. strike-slip fault
    a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally
  22. strike a chord
    create an emotional response
  23. strike a blow
    affect adversely
  24. quirk
    a strange attitude or habit
  25. sheepish
    showing a sense of shame
  26. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
  27. contemptuous
    expressing extreme scorn
Created on Mon Feb 11 15:27:11 EST 2013 (updated Sun Oct 18 05:20:39 EDT 2015)

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