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Day1
Unconcerened/
Having no feelings/
careless
Deadpan
Impassive
Inured
Indifferent
Insensate
Insouciant
Stoic
Stolid
Wooden
Mechanical
Pachyderm
NonchalantPoker face
Apathetic
Tepid
Callous
Halfhearted
Insentient
Day2Weak/ Lack of strength
Asthenic
Debilitate
Enervate
Infirm
Invalid
Feeble
Frail
Fragile
FlaccidFlabby
Emasculate
Effeminate
Impotent
Impuissant
Meager
Mendicant
Senile
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Dotage
Dilapidated
Decrepitude
Crumbling
Ramshackle
Rickety
Decadent
Day3
Confused
Discombobulated
Perplexed
Confounded
Embroil
Addled
Fuddle
Muddle
Baffled
Befuddled
Bemused
Bamboozled
Bewildered
Non-plussed
Discomfit
Disconcert
Obfuscate
FlummoxFaze
Fluster
Boggle
Day4
Too particular/Hate
approximation/ Difficult to please
Meticulous
Punctilious
Fastidious
Fussy
Finicky
Queasy
Picking
Stickler
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Exacting
Hairsplitting
Persnickety
Niggling
Painstaking
Censorious
CaptiousQuibbler
Carping
Day5
Harmful/Infecting
Bane
Baneful
Baleful
Nemesis
Deleterious
Detrimental
Nocuous
Nocent
Venomous
Virulent
Ominous
Perilous
Pestiferous
Pestilential
Pernicious
Parlous
Deadly
Malignant
Toxic
Lethal
Fatal
Caustic
Inimical
Maleficent
Day6
Difficult situation
1. Deadlock
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2. Standstill
3. Stalemate
4. Slough
5. Swamp
6. Predicament
7. Precarious
8. Precipice9. Peril (Also in Harmful category)
10. Plight
11. Impasse
12. Imbroglio
13. Dire
14. Mire
15. Quagmire
16. Quandary
17. Quicksand
18. Bog19. Morass
20. Jeopardy
21. catch-22
22. Cul-de-Sac
Day 7
To Cheat/ type of cheating
1. Fraud
2. Deceive
3. Deceit
4. Dissimulation
5. Gull
6. Guile
7. Beguile
8. Cozen,Scam,Wily,Crafty
9. Mulct
10. Hoodwink
11. Swindle12. Bilk
13. Dupe
14. Chicanery
15. Deception
16. Artifice
17. Stratagem(Ploy/Gambit)
18. Ruse
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19. Subterfuge
20. Hornswoggle
21. Diddle
22. Bunco
23. Flim-Flam
24. Fob
25. Hose
26. Gimmick
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Definition
expressionless
without emotion
tough
unconcerned
no feeling
carefree
A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing
their feelings or complaining
calm / dependable
large mammal with thick skin
feeling relaxed An impassive expression that hides one's true feelings
Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern
Only slightly warm; lukewarm
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others
Incapable of feeling or understanding things
Definition
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DefinitionSomething, typically poison, that causes death.
exceedingly harmful.
which has a harmful effect
the inescapable
causing harm or damage
Tending to cause harm.
Noxious, harmful, or poisonous.
having a tendency to cause harm.
poisonous/harmful
Extremely severe or harmful
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
full of danger or risk
bringing or bearing diseases
Harmful or destructive to crops or livestock.
having a harmful effect
Full of danger or uncertainty
this to u know
infectious
this to u know
Sufficient to cause death.
Causing death/deadly
capableofburning,corroding,ordestroyinglivingtissueunfavourable/harmful
harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Definition
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unpleasent situation
dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
A very steep rock face or cliff,serious / immediate danger
dangerous situation
situation where no progress is possible
extremly confused/complicated situation
extremely serious/urgent
A stretch of swampy or boggy ground / muddy
An awkward, complex, or hazardous situation
A difficult situation; a practical dilemma
Loose wet sand that yields easily to pressure and sucks in anything
wet muddy ground An area of muddy or boggy ground.
Danger of loss, harm, or failure.
A situation in which a desired outcome or solution is impossible to attain
A dead-end street
Definition
to make someone believe something which is not true A dishonest act or statement.
the act of deceiving
A person who is fooled or deceived.
Sly or cunning intelligence. (Chaalaaki)
charm or enchant someone in deceiptive way/ Trick
trick/fraud/Skilled at gaining an advantage/Clever at achieving one's
aims by indirect or deceitful methods.
Extract money from (someone) by fine or taxation / penelty
Deceive / trick
a fraudlent schemecheat or defraud
Deceive / trick
The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.
action of deceiving someone / chutiya kaatna
tricky, guile, craftiness
a plan / scheme to outwit(defeat) someone
An action intended to deceive someone; a trick:
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Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
Get the better of (someone) by cheating or deception.
Cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something
swindle / cheat
deceive somebody; / chutiya kaatna
Deceitfully attempt to satisfy someone by making excuses / goli dena
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Sentence
The man's face was deadpan, he showed no emotion at all.
His face is impassive
Twenty years in the salt mines inured the man to the discomforts of dirt and grime.indifferent to foreign affairs
The blow on the back of Oscar's head rendered him insensate
Sarah had a very 'insouciant' attitude toward her failed math exam
Even though the Titanic was sinking underneath them, and the passengers were frantic with fear,
the band remainedstoic until the end.
Dravid has a stolid personality
a dull wooden sound
Elephant is a pachyderm
Although I get nervous, some people are nonchalant about giving speeches.He can tell a funny story with a poker face
He was apathetic towards his parents because of the gifts he received on his birthday
tepid applause
callous disregard for innocent lives.
“Now it bound him with insentient fetters, walling his soul in darkness and silence,
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SentenceAlcoholism was his bane. Bane means worst problem.
Karen's baneful remark about Christine's hair ruined the rest of her day.
he shot a baleful glance in her direction
one risks nemesis by uttering such words
Pollution has adeleteriouseffect on the environment
Smoking is adetriment to one's health."
Poorly tuned engines can put out up to 800 times thenocuousemissions of properly maintained ones
After the tornado, a band of hungry, homeless, nocent rodents overran what was left of the neighborhood's cellar
she replied with a venomous glance".
"the man had a virulent snake
As I I approached the volcano, I could hear itsominous rumblings
'We passed through theperilous forest of death and misery
He tried to import severalpestiferous beetle into the country
Thepestilential spray killed the bugs right away
The storm was verypernicious (Destructive) in strength.
"the parlous state of the economy
The tumor wasmalignant, therefore the patient needed more serious treatment
She was fatally injured due to alethal stab to the chest"
The injury provedfatal and he died the next day.
Hercaustic reply really hurt my feelings and my reputationThe inimical police officer writes the guy a ticket / The inimical boy at school acts like a bully.
She was amaleficent fairy, full of evil and deceit.
Sentence
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I knew I was in a predicament when my father walked in on me fondling my blowup doll. ..
the plight of poor children
the current political impasse
the Watergate imbroglio".
I had a dire weekend, because of that stupid dog!
The boy was having trouble walking through the mire because the ground was wet
"a legal quagmire
Jim is in a quandary
I accidently stepped into the quicksand
After the bad storm, the roads were a bog.Behind the house the ground was morass, so it was hard to walk through
Any risk of double jeopardy is excluded in either caseTrying to find work when you're young is a catch-22
We had less traffic living on the cul-de-sac, but trouble getting in and out when the street was b
Sentence
In order to deceive a buyer, a used-car seller sometimes turns back the mileage counter on theHe may use deceit to reach his goal
The pig cannot dissimulate because it cannot lie.
Although physically smaller, the fighter used his experience and guile to win a victory.
a beguiling smile
"He cozened the money out of the old man./ Fox is a wily creature.
There are companies of them, who guarantee to cure anything, and skilfully mulct the sick of the
We will hoodwink her out of all her money, then we will throw her away like a snotty Kleenex
You should be careful. This company will swindle you out of your moneyThe realtor tried to bilk the homeowner out of his deposit."
The salesman duped the customer into buying the shirt for seven times what it was worth.
I would never trust anyone who used such chicanery to fool the whole town into doing his will.
And with that last lie, his deception was complete
It was an artifice designed of the idea of the trojan horsetried various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all
Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house".
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When her subterfuge was uncovered, her partners removed her from the pannel
The boy sitting next to me in math class tried to hornswoggle by looking at my answers on my test!
On the contrary, everyone diddles, cheats, and frustrates everyone else,
We flim flammed the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week".