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media interview |
Noun
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a question-and-answer session between a prominent person and media representatives |
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internal contradiction |
Noun
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a state of internal conflict or lack of harmony between appearance and reality |
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interfluve |
Noun
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a tract of land situated between two rivers |
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dark pit |
Noun
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a very dark or deep well |
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paragoge |
Noun
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the linguistic process of adding a vowel to the end of a word |
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untransgressable |
Adjective
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that which should not or cannot be violated |
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debtlessness |
Noun
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the state or condition of being free from debt |
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indebtedness-free |
Adjective
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being in a state of having no debt |
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unmarried male |
Noun
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a man who has not been married |
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unmarried female |
Noun
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a woman who has not been married |
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heroine in love |
Noun
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a literary heroine who is unmarried but desires to marry her lover |
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Andhakupa |
Noun
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a specific hell mentioned in the Puranas |
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blind tradition |
Noun
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a custom followed blindly without critical thought |
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blind adherence |
Noun
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the act of following a tradition without questioning it |
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natural force |
Noun
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a force inherent in nature beyond human capability |
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primal power |
Noun
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a primal power existing beyond human strength |
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International Date Line |
Noun
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the 180-degree meridian line |
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International Civil Aviation Organization |
Noun
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an organization established to manage international air travel regulations |
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religious food offering |
Noun
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a religious ritual involving the offering of food and sweets on Kartik Shukla Purnima |
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foodstuffs |
Noun
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edible grains and vegetables |
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one of many |
Adjective
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one among many |
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one of two |
Adjective
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one of two options |
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be caused to overflow |
Verb
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to be made to overflow |
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cause to overflow |
Verb
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to cause something to overflow |
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give unwillingly |
Verb
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to give something reluctantly or under pressure |
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repay with difficulty |
Verb
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to repay a debt with great difficulty |
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send off a bride |
Verb
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to ceremonially send off a bride and groom from the bride's home |
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sublation |
Noun
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the Vedantic process of negating a false superimposition with true knowledge |
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calumniator |
Noun
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one who slanders or defames others |
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occult science |
Noun
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a forbidden or harmful branch of knowledge |
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forbidden knowledge |
Noun
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knowledge that is improper or prohibited to study |
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misspending |
Noun
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expenditure on improper or harmful activities |
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ill-spent money |
Noun
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money spent on improper or harmful activities |
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Pitripaksha |
Noun
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the dark fortnight of the month of Ashwina dedicated to ancestral rites |
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Upper Paleolithic |
Noun
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the final period of the Paleolithic era characterized by specific stone tools |
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Upper Pleistocene |
Noun
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the final division of the Pleistocene epoch beginning approximately 150,000 years ago |
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material science |
Noun
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the study of worldly or physical phenomena |
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Aparajita Ekadashi |
Noun
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the eleventh day of the dark fortnight of the month of Jyestha |
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wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder |
Phrase
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the state of wearing the sacred thread over the right shoulder during ancestral rituals |
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making way |
Phrase
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the act of clearing a path or vacating a space |
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shifted |
Adjective
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moved aside, removed, or displaced |
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legal inconsistency |
Noun
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a legal action or statement that contradicts an established principle |
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contradiction in law |
Phrase
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a legal action or statement that contradicts an established principle |
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offset plate |
Noun
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a metal plate used in printing that carries an image transferred from a photographic source |
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offset print |
Noun
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a copy produced using an offset plate |
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offset press |
Noun
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a modern printing machine used for clean and attractive offset printing |
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bathing in impure water |
Phrase
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the act of bathing in impure or polluted water |
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loud laugh |
Noun
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a loud, uncouth, or boisterous laugh |
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uncookable |
Adjective
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not suitable for cooking or impossible to cook |
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code book |
Noun
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a book containing criminal laws and regulations |