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muhammad S. (United States of America)
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  1. abate
    become less in amount or intensity
  2. aberrant
    markedly different from an accepted norm
  3. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  4. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
  5. abstemious
    marked by temperance in indulgence
    parhaizgar
  6. abase
    cause to feel shame
  7. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
    منع کرن,متنبہ کرن
  8. adulterate
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  9. aesthetic
    characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste
  10. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogeneous things taken together
  11. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  12. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  13. amalgamate
    bring or combine together or with something else
  14. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  15. ambivalence
    mixed feelings or emotions
  16. ameliorate
    make better
  17. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  18. anarchy
    a state of lawlessness and disorder
  19. antipathy
    a feeling of intense dislike
    aversion
  20. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  21. anachronism
    locating something at a time when it couldn't have existed
    erroneous in date
  22. appease
    make peace with
    relieve,pacify,soothe
  23. apprise
    inform somebody of something
  24. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  25. appropriate
    suitable for a particular person, place, or situation
  26. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  27. artless
    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit
  28. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  29. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  30. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  31. attenuate
    become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude
  32. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
    Gustakh
  33. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
    Demeanor
  34. autonomous
    existing as an independent entity
  35. aver
    declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
  36. banal
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  37. belie
    be in contradiction with
  38. beneficent
    doing or producing good
  39. bolster
    support and strengthen
  40. bombastic
    ostentatiously lofty in style
  41. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
  42. burgeon
    grow and flourish
  43. burnish
    polish and make shiny
  44. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  45. cacophonous
    having an unpleasant sound
    discordant ,inharmonious
  46. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
    unpredictable ,fickle
  47. castigation
    verbal punishment
  48. catalyst
    substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction
  49. caustic
    capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
  50. chicanery
    the use of tricks to deceive someone
  51. coagulate
    change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
  52. coda
    the closing section of a musical composition
    summary,conclusion
  53. cogent
    powerfully persuasive
  54. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  55. compendium
    a publication containing a variety of works
    summary
  56. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
  57. compliant
    disposed to act in accordance with someone's wishes
  58. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  59. contentious
    showing an inclination to disagree
  60. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    penitent (Pasheman)
  61. conundrum
    a difficult problem
  62. converge
    be adjacent or come together
  63. convoluted
    highly complex or intricate
  64. craven
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
    rudiments = ابتدائی علامات
  65. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  66. decorum
    propriety in manners and conduct
  67. default
    an option that is selected automatically
  68. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  69. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  70. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  71. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
    Contempt =حقارت٬ ذلت٬ توہین
  72. derivative
    a compound obtained from another compound
  73. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  74. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  75. deterrent
    something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
  76. diatribe
    thunderous verbal attack
    bitter scolding,invective
  77. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
  78. diffidence
    lack of self-assurance
  79. diffuse
    spread out; not concentrated in one place
  80. digression
    a message that departs from the main subject
  81. dirge
    a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
  82. disabuse
    free somebody from an erroneous belief
  83. discerning
    having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
  84. discordant
    not in agreement or harmony
  85. discredit
    the state of being held in low esteem
  86. discrepancy
    a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
  87. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  88. disingenuous
    not straightforward or candid
  89. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  90. disjointed
    taken apart at the points of connection
  91. dismiss
    stop associating with
  92. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
    belittle = Haqeer samajhna
  93. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  94. dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly
  95. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  96. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  97. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  98. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  99. distill
    undergo condensation
  100. diverge
    move or draw apart
  101. divest
    take away possessions from someone
  102. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
  103. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  104. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
    sleepy,lethargic,latent
  105. dupe
    fool or hoax
  106. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  107. eclectic
    selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas
  108. efficacy
    capacity or power to produce a desired result
  109. effrontery
    audacious behavior that you have no right to
    impudence
  110. elegy
    a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
  111. elicit
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  112. embellish
    make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
  113. empirical
    derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  114. emulate
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating
  115. endemic
    native to or confined to a certain region
Created on Tue Sep 17 03:56:25 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Sep 19 03:53:16 EDT 2013)

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