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Muzzle (mu-zul):

1.Prevent from speaking out (Verb)

2.A leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting (Noun)

The Opposition Janata Dal and Congress dubbed Speaker K.G. Bopaiah's move, under provisions of the anti-defection law, as "a ploy to muzzle democracy".

Mutilate (myoot-leyt) (Verb):

1. Destroy or injure severely

2. Alter so as to make unrecognizable

In terrorism it is all human victims who die or are mutilated horribly for no good cause.

       

 

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Fete (feyt):

1. (Noun) A day of Celebration; Festive Celebration or Entertainment

 Deepavali is a great fete for Hindus

2. (Verb) To entertain or honor with a fete

 He decided to throw a party to fete the visiting clients.

Proliferate (pruh-lif-uh-reyt) (Verb) :

To grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division

Arrest of  the tumor cells that proliferate is the ultimate objective of anticancer therapy

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Evanescent (ev-uh-nes-uhnt) (adj)

1. Vanishing; fading away.

2. Tending to become imperceptible; scarcely perceptible.

The fashions during these days are so evanescent that you can't hold on to a wardrobe for long.

Pyrrhic (pir-ik) (adj)

1. Successful with heavy losses

2. A victory that is offset by staggering losses

It will be termed as a pyrrhic victory wherein the considerable losses outweigh the gains.

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Travesty (trav-uh-stee) (noun):

A parody or grotesque imitation of a work of art that is serious in nature, a crude or ridiculous representation of something serious

The travesty of the classic play was banned.

Skirmish (skur-mish) (noun):

A fight between troops, any brisk dispute or encounter

The police had to intervene as the skirmish among the fans was getting out of hand.

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Eponymous (uh-pon-uh-muh s) (Adj):

Indicating the giving of one’s name to a tribe, place, thing etc.

Orkut Buyukkokten, the eponymous founder of the social networking site ‘Orkut’ is known to be one of the youngest millionaires in the world.

Dorsal (dawr-suhl) (Adj):

Of, pertaining to, or situated at the back or dorsum

The dorsal fin of the shark serves as a danger sign that can’t be missed by swimmers!

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Garner (gahr-ner) (verb):

a) To gather into storage, accumulate, collect

b) To acquire by effort : earn

Through hard work and a determination to see her students succeed, Ms. Taylor has garnered considerable respect from parents and her fellow teachers.

Minuscule (min-uh-skyool) (adjective) :

very small, (of letters or writing) small; not capital.

As the director of a tiny nonprofit organization, Julie is adept at managing expenses while working within the restraints of a minuscule budget.

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Demesne (dih-meyn): noun

1. possession of land as one's own: land held in demesne

2. the dominion or territory of a sovereign or state; domain

With the advent of the Early modern period, demesne lands came to be

cultivated by paid labourers.

 

Denouement (dey-noo-mahn):–noun

1. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.

2. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.

In Shakespeare's tragedies, the denouement is usually the death of one or more characters.

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