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Boxhaul

a vessel on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox i e sharp aback on the wind

Commutation ticket

A ticket for transportation at a reduced rate in consideration of some special circumstance as increase of travel specif a ticket for a certain number of or for daily trips between neighboring

Disadvantage

Deprivation of advantage unfavorable or prejudicial quality condition circumstance or the like that which hinders success or causes loss or injury

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embarrassed

feeling uneasily or unpleasantly self conscious due to some event or circumstance as she was embarrassed by her childs tantrums

Epiploce

A figure by which one striking circumstance is added in due gradation to another climax e g ldquoHe not only spared his enemies but continued

opportunistic

taking immediate advantage often unethically of any circumstance of possible benefit practising opportunism

Under is obvious

and the nationalized banks are different entities as corporate bodies for certain purposes cannot by itself be a circumstance from which it may be deduced that they cannot be establishments under the Central Government, Bank of India

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