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Antediluvian

/an-tee-dih-LOO-vee-un/

पुरातन (puratan) / अत्यंत प्राचीन (atyant prachin)

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Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood

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Blandishment

/BLAN-dish-munt/

चापलूसी (chaaplusi) / फुसलाहट (phuslahat)

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A flattering or pleasing statement used to persuade

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Casuistry

/KAZH-oo-is-tree/

कुतर्क (kutark) / छल-तर्क (chhal-tark)

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The use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in moral questions

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Defenestration

/dee-fen-uh-STRAY-shun/

खिड़की से बाहर फेंकना (khidki se bahar phenkna) / पदच्युत करना

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The act of throwing someone out of a window

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Ebullience

/ih-BULL-ee-uns/

उत्साह (utsaah) / जोश (josh)

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The quality of being cheerful and full of energy

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Fugacious

/fyoo-GAY-shus/

क्षणभंगुर (kshanabhangur) / नश्वर (nashvar)

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Tending to disappear; fleeting

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Gasconade

/gas-kuh-NAYD/

शेखी (shekhi) / डींग (deeng)

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Extravagant boasting or bragging

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Hermeneutics

/hur-muh-NOO-tiks/

व्याख्याशास्त्र (vyakhyashastra) / मीमांसा (mimamsa)

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The branch of knowledge dealing with interpretation of texts

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Internecine

/in-tur-NEE-seen/

आपसी संघर्ष (aapsi sangharsh) / परस्पर विनाशकारी

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Destructive to both sides in a conflict

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Jejune

/jih-JOON/

नीरस (neeras) / उथला (uthla)

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Naive, simplistic, and superficial

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Kakistocracy

/kak-ih-STOK-ruh-see/

निकृष्टतंत्र (nikrishttantra) / सबसे बुरे लोगों का शासन

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Government by the least suitable or competent citizens

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Loquacious

/loh-KWAY-shus/

बातूनी (baatuni) / वाचाल (vaachaal)

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Tending to talk a great deal

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Machiavellian

/mak-ee-uh-VEL-ee-un/

कूटनीतिक (kootneetik) / छलपूर्ण (chhalpurn)

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Cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics

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Numinous

/NOO-mih-nus/

दिव्य (divya) / अलौकिक (alaukik)

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Having a strong spiritual or religious quality

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Opprobrium

/uh-PROH-bree-um/

निंदा (ninda) / बदनामी (badnami)

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Harsh criticism or censure

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Palimpsest

/PAL-imp-sest/

पुनर्लिखित पांडुलिपि (punarlikhit pandulipi)

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A manuscript on which original writing has been erased to make room for later writing

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Quotidian

/kwoh-TID-ee-un/

दैनिक (dainik) / रोज़मर्रा (rozmarra)

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Of or occurring every day; daily

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Ratiocination

/rash-ee-os-ih-NAY-shun/

तर्कशक्ति (tarkshakti) / विवेचन (vivechan)

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The process of exact, logical thinking

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Sesquipedalian

/ses-kwih-puh-DAY-lee-un/

लंबे शब्दों वाला (lambe shabdon wala)

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Relating to or given to the use of long words

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Tergiversation

/tur-jiv-ur-SAY-shun/

टालमटोल (taalmataol) / पलटी मारना (palti maarna)

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The making of evasive or ambiguous statements

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