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Hindu
| Term | Definition | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| pitted against | act in opposition to, argue against, attack, battle, be at cross purposes, be contrary to, be on the opposite side of | the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is pitted against Ajai Rai of the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party leader, Arvind Kejriwal |
| emotive | arousing or able to arouse intense feeling, contentious | animal experimentation is an emotive subject |
| exuberance | the quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience; buoyancy | a sense of youthful exuberance |
| bout | a short period of intense activity of a specified kind | occasional bouts of strenuous exercise |
| abdicate | fail to fulfill or undertake (a responsibility or duty) | the government was accused of abdicating its responsibility |
| resort | turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation | the duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed |
| proscription | the action of forbidding something; banning. | the proscription of the party after the 1715 Rebellion |
| perpetrate | carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action) | a crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state |
| apprise | inform or tell (someone); notify | I thought it right to apprise Chris of what had happened |
| anthropocentric | Regarding humans as the central element of the universe | |
| repugnant | extremely distasteful; unacceptable | cannibalism seems repugnant to us |
| consternation | a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected. | to her consternation her car wouldn't start |
| dismay | concern and distress caused by something unexpected. | to his dismay, she left him |
| relic | an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest | the supermodel has become an embarrassing relic from the early 1990s |
| feudal | absurdly outdated or old-fashioned. | the State would be better off without this relic from a feudal past |
| rankle | (of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment | the casual manner of his dismissal still rankles |
| concomitant | naturally accompanying or associated. | she loved travel, with all its concomitant worries |
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