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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sarcasm  Speak Example sentences
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[व्यंग्य] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[हड़ताली] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
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[परवरिश] process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
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[प्रवृत्ति] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
slander  Speak Example sentences
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[प्रवक्ता] man who speaks on behalf of another or others
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[बोलबाला] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
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[शटल] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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[बदनामी] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
striking  Speak Example sentences
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[हड़ताली] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
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[तुच्छ] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[प्रतिलेख] reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
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[अधिशेष] remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[नियंत्रित करना] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[शटल] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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[धारी] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[मौखिक] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
sympathetic  Speak Example sentences
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[सहानुभूति] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
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[परवरिश] process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
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[प्रतीत होता है] apparently; appearing to be something, especially when this is not true
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[अनुभवी] someone who has given long service
tame  Speak Example sentences
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[मौखिक] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
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[थर्मोस्टेट] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
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[हड़ताली] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
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[वश] domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
thereby  Speak Example sentences
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[प्रतीत होता है] apparently; appearing to be something, especially when this is not true
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[जिससे] thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
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[नियंत्रित करना] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[टांका] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
thesis  Speak Example sentences
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[थीसिस] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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[सहिष्णुता] capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
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[वध] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
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[गंभीर] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
tide  Speak Example sentences
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[क्षेत्रीय] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
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[ज्वार] periodic rise and fall of the sea level
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[ज्वलंत] bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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[पर्याप्त] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
traitor  Speak Example sentences
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[जिससे] thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
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[गद्दार] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[जंग] become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
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[प्रसारण] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal