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Ameliorate

/uh-MEEL-yuh-rayt/

सुधारना (sudharna)

Intermediate Academic

To make something bad or unsatisfactory better

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Bureaucracy

/byoo-ROK-ruh-see/

नौकरशाही (naukarshaahi)

Intermediate Business

A system of government by officials in departments

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Capitulate

/kuh-PICH-oo-layt/

समर्पण करना (samarpan karna)

Intermediate Academic

To surrender or give in under agreed conditions

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Debilitate

/dih-BIL-ih-tayt/

कमज़ोर करना (kamzor karna)

Intermediate Academic

To make someone weak and infirm

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Ephemeral

/ih-FEM-ur-ul/

क्षणभंगुर (kshanabhangur)

Intermediate Literary

Lasting for a very short time

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Fastidious

/fas-TID-ee-us/

नुक्ताचीन (nuktacheen) / बारीकी पसंद

Intermediate Literary

Very attentive to detail and accuracy

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Garrulous

/GAR-uh-lus/

बातूनी (baatuni)

Intermediate Literary

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

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Hegemony

/hih-JEM-uh-nee/

वर्चस्व (varchasv) / प्रभुत्व (prabhutv)

Intermediate Academic

Leadership or dominance by one country or group over others

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Insidious

/in-SID-ee-us/

कपटी (kapati) / छलपूर्ण (chhalpurn)

Intermediate Academic

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects

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Juxtapose

/JUK-stuh-pohz/

बगल में रखना (bagal mein rakhna) / तुलना करना

Intermediate Literary

To place close together for contrasting effect

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Kaleidoscope

/kuh-LY-duh-skohp/

बहुरूपदर्शक (bahurupdarshak)

Intermediate Literary

A constantly changing pattern or sequence of elements

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Labyrinthine

/lab-uh-RIN-theen/

भूलभुलैया जैसा (bhool-bhulaiya jaisa)

Intermediate Literary

Like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting

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Magnanimous

/mag-NAN-ih-mus/

उदारमना (udaarmana) / महानुभाव (mahanubhav)

Intermediate Literary

Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival

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Nonchalant

/non-shuh-LAHNT/

बेपरवाह (beparwah) / लापरवाह (laparwah)

Intermediate Daily

Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed

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Ostentatious

/os-ten-TAY-shus/

दिखावटी (dikhawati) / आडंबरपूर्ण (aadambarpurn)

Intermediate Daily

Designed to impress or attract notice

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Pernicious

/pur-NISH-us/

हानिकारक (haanikarak) / घातक (ghatak)

Intermediate Academic

Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way

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Quixotic

/kwik-SOT-ik/

अव्यवहारिक आदर्शवादी (avyavaharik aadershvadi)

Intermediate Literary

Extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

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Recalcitrant

/rih-KAL-sih-trunt/

अड़ियल (adiyal) / जिद्दी (ziddi)

Intermediate Academic

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude

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Sycophant

/SIK-uh-funt/

चापलूस (chaaploos) / चमचा (chamcha)

Intermediate Daily

A person who flatters someone important to gain advantage

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Tantamount

/TAN-tuh-mount/

बराबर (barabar) / समतुल्य (samtulya)

Intermediate Academic

Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as

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