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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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luminous  Speak Example sentences
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[निराशावाद] the belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess
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[अनिवार्य] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[पक्षपातपूर्ण] one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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[चमकदार] shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
mercantile  Speak Example sentences
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[चमकदार] shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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[आज्ञाकारी] the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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[औचित्य] fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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[व्यापारिक] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
mobilize  Speak Example sentences
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[जुटाने] assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
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[अयस्क] a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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[मध्यस्थता] resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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[पेरिस्कोप] optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms; general or comprehensive view
obstinate  Speak Example sentences
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[अप्रचलित जिद्दी] stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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[राजनीति] expedient;  artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
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[एकालाप] speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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[भड़ौआ] work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
ore  Speak Example sentences
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[जुटाने] assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war; make mobile or capable of movement
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[चमकदार] shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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[पेरिस्कोप] optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms; general or comprehensive view
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[अयस्क] a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
oriental  Speak Example sentences
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[शुरुआत] beginning or early stages; offensive against an enemy
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[प्राच्य] of or relating to the countries of the orient or their peoples or cultures; eastern
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[पंगु] make unable to move or act; impair the progress or functioning of
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[विकलता] quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
paradox  Speak Example sentences
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[गिनना] enumerate; count; read according to the rules of numeration
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[शून्य] nonexistence; nothingness; zero
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[मध्यस्थता] resolve or settle differences by working with all conflicting parties
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[विरोधाभास] something apparently contradictory in nature; a statement that looks false but is actually correct
partisan  Speak Example sentences
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[नाभिक] the central or essential part around which other parts are gathered or grouped; core
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[गिनना] enumerate; count; read according to the rules of numeration
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[पक्षपातपूर्ण] one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party
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[व्यापारिक] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
perplexity  Speak Example sentences
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[नगण्य] so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may be easily disregarded
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[ताकना] gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
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[विकलता] quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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[साध्य] feasible; capable of being affected, done, or put into practice
pesticide  Speak Example sentences
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[दुबकना] stealthily lie in waiting; exist unperceived
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[अयस्क] a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
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[कीटनाशक] a chemical used to kill pests
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[परोक्ष] having slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined