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1. efficacy (n.) – efficiency; effectiveness  Example: A treatment’s efficacy should be weighed against its side effects.  Synonyms: effectiveness, potency, efficiency  Antonyms: inefficacy, ineffectiveness  Nepali Meaning: प्रभावकारिता; क्षमता  Nepali Example: उपचारको प्रभावकारिता त्यसका दुष्प्रभावसँग तौलिनु पर्छ। 2. effrontery (n.) – shameless boldness  Example: The student had the effrontery to argue school is a waste of…

1. document (v.) – to provide with written evidence to support  Example: The insurance company required Debbie to document her medical claim.  Synonyms: verify, substantiate, corroborate  Antonyms: disprove, invalidate  Nepali Meaning: लिखित प्रमाण प्रदान गर्नु  Nepali Example: बीमा कम्पनीले डेबीलाई आफ्नो चिकित्सा दावी प्रमाणित गर्न लिखित प्रमाण माग्यो। 2. doggerel (n.) – poor verse  Example:…

1. dissident (n.) – person who disagrees about beliefs  Example: The Soviet Union used Gulag camps to control dissidents.  Synonyms: rebel, nonconformist, protester  Antonyms: conformist, supporter  Nepali Meaning: विरोधी; असहमत व्यक्ति  Nepali Example: सोभियत संघले गुलाग शिविरहरू प्रयोग गरेर विरोधीहरूलाई नियन्त्रणमा राख्थ्यो। 2. dissolution (n.) – disintegration; debauchery  Example: Some philosophers argue the body’s dissolution…

1. discrete (adj.) – constituting a separate thing; distinct  Example: Abstract artists identify discrete elements of reality and their interactions.  Synonyms: separate, distinct, individual  Antonyms: connected, continuous  Nepali Meaning: अलग; पृथक  Nepali Example: अमूर्त कलाकारहरूले वास्तविकताका पृथक तत्वहरू र तिनीहरूको अन्तरक्रिया चिन्छन्। 2. discretion (n.) – quality of showing self-restraint; freedom to act  Example: 19th-century…

1. diffidence (n.) – shyness; lack of confidence  Example: Senator McCarthy overcame his diffidence to run against President Johnson.  Synonyms: timidity, bashfulness, reserve  Antonyms: confidence, boldness  Nepali Meaning: लजालुता; आत्मविश्वासको अभाव  Nepali Example: सिनेटर म्याकार्थीले आफ्नो लजालुता माथि उठेर राष्ट्रपति जोनसन विरुद्ध उम्मेदवारी दिए। 2. diffuse (v.) – to spread out  Example: Ideas of equality…

1. deride (v.) – to mock  Example: Scientists presenting the computer network concept were derided as impractical visionaries.  Synonyms: ridicule, scorn, taunt  Antonyms: praise, commend  Nepali Meaning: उपहास गर्नु  Nepali Example: कम्प्युटर नेटवर्कको अवधारणा प्रस्तुत गर्ने वैज्ञानिकहरूलाई अव्यवहारिक द्रष्टा भनेर उपहास गरियो। 2. derivative (n.) – something derived; unoriginal  Example: Morphine is the principal derivative…