Dear Students!
Here is the article of the week. For your convenience, a list of explanation and word meaning is attached herewith.
Task: 1. Give the title to the text.
2. Practice word meaning
Mathew 22:39. “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as yourself”. Except that both India and Pakistan are not largely Christian and therefore not bound by the second Commandment of the Bible. Their own respective denominations though are replete with the same sentiment about the ‘rights of the neighbour’, but for the moment only frenzy drives them.
Imagine, as India and its political leadership sounded the war-drums over Uri, they stood the farthest from any such possibility of affability for a relatively small neighbour, Pakistan. Sushma, that ebullient little package of power - originally from Lahore, now of Delhi – used her twenty minutes at the UNGA obsessed with only one issue at hand: how to isolate Pakistan as a terrorist state.
Not a word on how India envisions its future role in the complementary development of the world against the challenges which face mankind. Sushma, and hence India, could not rise, nay have never risen, above Pakistan. That is the Indian dilemma as well as its bankruptcy of thought and labour.
Pakistan is no better, mind you. They too are India-obsessed. If it were not serious it would be funny in how the resources of this nation have been put to fight a war that may just never happen, especially since nuclear parity of sorts has established itself as the dictating operational environment. And in how a little flexibility and a little tweak in carving reformulated objectives – without any reasonable compromise, mind you – could deliver far more complementary consequences for one of the poorest regions of the world.
The difficulty though is that each has the other as their fantasy object in both love and hate. In either case the sentiment never consummates to the fullest; and hence, the longing keeps the two ever mired in this state of unrealised infatuation. Just can’t get their eyes off each other. You understand the pun. As a consequence, both lose time, potential and capital, wasting opportunity that remains foolhardy enough to continuously revisit. These two just don’t give up.
Soon it might be all over, and the failure to move on with any positivity towards what else life, and thus geo-strategy offers means that these two nations remain in a strategic gridlock in capable of breaking the shackles of paralysis in thought and action. Soon, the sea of poverty and disease and anarchy and hunger will consume them all along with their bombs and notions of strategic equivalence. And opportunity will forever be lost on them.
You can only face one juggernaut a time – each other or the advancing cesspool of oblivion under multi-faceted adversity because of inattention to plight. Just as an example, the revised poverty index of $3.10 per capita, per day, places over 70 percent of India and over 40 percent of Pakistan in that category. Not that it ever fares into routine consideration anywhere.
But what do you do when the prime minister of India happens to be the cheerleader for war. He is a brilliant orator, but used this skill to churn a passion of hatred against Pakistan in his election campaign casting a future role for himself that shackles him in a mould. He thus rode a tiger to power and is finding it difficult to dismount it for fear of being devoured by the agitated animal.
Post Uri then, he has had two separate thrusts: first on teaching Pakistan a lesson through military riposte. That, when it came to, was gently weaned away as an option by his own military chiefs suggesting policy through other means, like looking to Ajit Doval and Co. In an environment of strategic equivalence (read nuclear balance, read mutually assured destruction), the space for irrationality has virtually evaporated. Now they can exercise muscles at each other from afar, but to actually grapple in arm-wrestling would be a slippery slope. Even Modi’s irrationality, contrived hopefully, needed tempering.
And now the latest fad of stopping waters to flow into Pakistani rivers as a thought-jiggler to a tiger-riding India by hawkish experts such as Brahma Chellaney et al, who in ringside cheering hope that newer heights can be touched in ‘hating thy neighbour’. The vacillating Modi on the one hand challenges Pakistan to reduce poverty and disease instead of fighting wars but then under the pressure of such venomous cohorts wishes to tamper with river waters. Even this horse had to be dismounted but they would just not let a thoroughly flustered Modi know.
And this is why: the World Bank is a guarantor of the Indus Basin Water Treaty that divides the rivers and their waters between India and Pakistan on a proportionate basis and geographical reality. The treaty is so complete and detailed that it even gives the amount for consumptive use within Kashmir; and for producing power by India on run-of-the-river projects that sometime will entail a limited pondage – clearly enumerated in the treaty – and tunnelling which will necessitate that the held water is fed back into the river in same quantity by India causing no loss to Pakistan.
This has kept the water-peace between the two neighbours. Even during active wars, the treaty was never abrogated. It is now being touted as a weapon instead in a time of no-war.
And the World Bank is no ordinary entity. Born out of Bretton Woods in 1944, as the last acts of the second WW were being played out, it was meant to organise a new global order retaining American eminence that had won the world its most devastating war. India is a willing partner to the order that has sustained since. To break out of its guaranteed dispositions is to fail the global order. A fledgeling Indian presence on the world scene can ill-afford such transgression especially when it harbours global ambitions. It would be like walking out of the UN system.
And now this latest predilection to isolate Pakistan. Despite loud urgings, India ended up ensuring the Saarc Summit was postponed. A regional leader, once again, failed the system meant to integrate, cooperate and complement. This patently fails the mettle-test of leadership in challenging times.
The Indus Basin Water Treaty is binding. Period. Walking out of it is declaring war on the world, most surely on Pakistan. A nation surrounded by two nuclear neighbours, not one, can ill afford that.
It helps to recognise that all power has limits. And even absolute power remains viable when applied within those limits. Outside of those, and you are in the spectrum of diminishing returns. This is when one dismounts the high horse of power. Love thy neighbour – even as a pretence. It helps.
(adverb largely
largely , mostly , for the most part (adverb) - in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"
largely) - on a large scale; "the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row"
largely , mostly , for the most part (adverb) - in large part; mainly or chiefly; "These accounts are largely inactive"
largely) - on a large scale; "the sketch was so largely drawn that you could see it from the back row"
commandment
commandment (noun) - something that is commanded
teaching , precept , commandment (noun) - a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
commandment (noun) - something that is commanded
teaching , precept , commandment (noun) - a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
replete
satiate , sate , replete , fill (verb) - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
full , replete(p) (adjective) - filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
instinct(p) , replete(p) (adjective) - (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"
satiate , sate , replete , fill (verb) - fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"
full , replete(p) (adjective) - filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
instinct(p) , replete(p) (adjective) - (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery"
sentiment
sentiment (noun) - tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
opinion , sentiment , persuasion , view , thought (noun) - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
sentiment (noun) - tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
opinion , sentiment , persuasion , view , thought (noun) - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
frenzy
craze , delirium , frenzy , fury , hysteria (noun) - state of violent mental agitation
craze , delirium , frenzy , fury , hysteria (noun) - state of violent mental agitation
ebullient
ebullient , exuberant , high-spirited (adjective) - joyously unrestrained
ebullient , exuberant , high-spirited (adjective) - joyously unrestrained
envisions
visualize , visualise , envision , project , fancy , see , figure , picture , image (verb) - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
envision , foresee (verb) - picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
visualize , visualise , envision , project , fancy , see , figure , picture , image (verb) - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
envision , foresee (verb) - picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
parity
parity , para (noun) - (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
parity (noun) - (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"
parity bit , parity , check bit (noun) - (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
parity , conservation of parity , space-reflection symmetry , mirror symmetry (noun) - (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
parity (noun) - functional equality
parity , para (noun) - (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
parity (noun) - (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"
parity bit , parity , check bit (noun) - (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
parity , conservation of parity , space-reflection symmetry , mirror symmetry (noun) - (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
parity (noun) - functional equality
tweak
tweak (verb) - pinch or squeeze sharply
pluck , tweak , pull off , pick off (verb) - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
fine-tune , tweak (verb) - adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
pinch , tweak (noun) - a squeeze with the fingers
tweak (verb) - pinch or squeeze sharply
pluck , tweak , pull off , pick off (verb) - pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
fine-tune , tweak (verb) - adjust finely; "fine-tune the engine"
pinch , tweak (noun) - a squeeze with the fingers
carving
carve (verb) - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"
carve , chip at (verb) - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
carve , cut up (verb) - cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"
carving (noun) - a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape
carving , cutting (noun) - removing parts to create a desired shape
sculpture , carving (noun) - creating figures or designs in three dimensions
carve (verb) - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice"
carve , chip at (verb) - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
carve , cut up (verb) - cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham"
carving (noun) - a sculpture created by removing material (as wood or ivory or stone) in order to create a desired shape
carving , cutting (noun) - removing parts to create a desired shape
sculpture , carving (noun) - creating figures or designs in three dimensions
mired
entangle , mire (verb) - entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
mire , bog down (verb) - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
grind to a halt , get stuck , bog down , mire (verb) - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
mire , muck , mud , muck up (verb) - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
involved , mired (adjective) - entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
entangle , mire (verb) - entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
mire , bog down (verb) - cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
grind to a halt , get stuck , bog down , mire (verb) - be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
mire , muck , mud , muck up (verb) - soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"
involved , mired (adjective) - entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
infatuation
infatuation (noun) - foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
puppy love , calf love , crush , infatuation (noun) - temporary love of an adolescent
infatuation (noun) - an object of extravagant short-lived passion
infatuation (noun) - foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
puppy love , calf love , crush , infatuation (noun) - temporary love of an adolescent
infatuation (noun) - an object of extravagant short-lived passion
pun
pun (verb) - make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
pun , punning , wordplay , paronomasia (noun) - a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
pun (verb) - make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
pun , punning , wordplay , paronomasia (noun) - a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
foolhardy
foolhardy , heady , rash , reckless (adjective) - marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";
foolhardy , heady , rash , reckless (adjective) - marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";
jug gernaut
1 ( BrE , often disapproving ) a very large lorry/truck
juggernauts roaring through country villages
2 ( formal ) a large and powerful force or institution that cannot be controlled
a bureaucratic juggernaut
gridlock
gridlock (noun) - a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
gridlock (noun) - a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible
shackles
pinion , shackle (verb) - bind the arms of
fetter , shackle (verb) - restrain with fetters
shackle , bond , hamper , trammel (noun) - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
shackle (noun) - a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
pinion , shackle (verb) - bind the arms of
fetter , shackle (verb) - restrain with fetters
shackle , bond , hamper , trammel (noun) - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
shackle (noun) - a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
cesspool
cesspool , cesspit , sink , sump (noun) - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
cesspool , cesspit , sink , sump (noun) - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
oblivion
oblivion , limbo (noun) - the state of being disregarded or forgotten
obliviousness , oblivion (noun) - total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"
oblivion , limbo (noun) - the state of being disregarded or forgotten
obliviousness , oblivion (noun) - total forgetfulness; "he sought the great oblivion of sleep"
faceted
faceted (adjective) - having facets; "a faceted diamond"
faceted (adjective) - having facets; "a faceted diamond"
cheerleader
cheerleader (noun) - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"
cheerleader (noun) - someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event
cheerleader (noun) - an enthusiastic and vocal supporter; "he has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning"
cheerleader (noun) - someone who leads the cheers by spectators at a sporting event
churn
churn (verb) - stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
churn , boil , moil , roil (verb) - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
churn , butter churn (noun) - a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
churn (verb) - stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter
churn , boil , moil , roil (verb) - be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm"
churn , butter churn (noun) - a vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk
devoured
devour (verb) - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
devour (verb) - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
devour , down , consume , go through (verb) - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
devour , guttle , raven , pig (verb) - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
devour (verb) - destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"
devour (verb) - enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"
devour , down , consume , go through (verb) - eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
devour , guttle , raven , pig (verb) - eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"
riposte
riposte (verb) - make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"
retort , come back , repay , return , riposte , rejoin (verb) - answer back
rejoinder , retort , return , riposte , replication , comeback , counter (noun) - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
riposte (noun) - (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
riposte (verb) - make a return thrust; "his opponent riposted"
retort , come back , repay , return , riposte , rejoin (verb) - answer back
rejoinder , retort , return , riposte , replication , comeback , counter (noun) - a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"
riposte (noun) - (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
weaned
wean , ablactate (verb) - gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
wean (verb) - detach the affections of
weaned (adjective) - freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk; "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother"
wean , ablactate (verb) - gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"
wean (verb) - detach the affections of
weaned (adjective) - freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk; "the just-weaned calf bawled for its mother"
afar
afar (adverb) - (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far; "we traveled afar"; "we could see the ship afar off"; "the Magi came from afar"
afar (adverb) - (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far; "we traveled afar"; "we could see the ship afar off"; "the Magi came from afar"
grapple
cope , get by , make out , make do , contend , grapple , deal , manage (verb) - come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
grapple , grip (verb) - to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
grapnel , grapple , grappler , grappling hook , grappling iron (noun) - a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
clamshell , grapple (noun) - a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
wrestle , wrestling , grapple , grappling , hand-to-hand struggle (noun) - the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
cope , get by , make out , make do , contend , grapple , deal , manage (verb) - come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
grapple , grip (verb) - to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match; "the two men grappled with each other for several minutes"
grapnel , grapple , grappler , grappling hook , grappling iron (noun) - a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
clamshell , grapple (noun) - a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
wrestle , wrestling , grapple , grappling , hand-to-hand struggle (noun) - the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"
contrived
plan , project , contrive , design (verb) - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
invent , contrive , devise , excogitate , formulate , forge (verb) - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
project , cast , contrive , throw (verb) - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
contrived (adjective) - showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
artificial , contrived , hokey , stilted (adjective) - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
plan , project , contrive , design (verb) - make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
invent , contrive , devise , excogitate , formulate , forge (verb) - come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
project , cast , contrive , throw (verb) - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
contrived (adjective) - showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
artificial , contrived , hokey , stilted (adjective) - artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
fad
fad , craze , furor , furore , cult , rage (noun) - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
fad , craze , furor , furore , cult , rage (noun) - an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
hawkish
militant , hawkish , warlike (adjective) - disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"
militant , hawkish , warlike (adjective) - disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"
ringside
ringside , ringside seat (noun) - first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
ringside , ringside seat (noun) - first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
vacillating
hover , vibrate , vacillate , oscillate (verb) - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
fluctuate , vacillate , waver (verb) - move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
vacillant , vacillating , wavering (adjective) - uncertain in purpose or action
hover , vibrate , vacillate , oscillate (verb) - be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
fluctuate , vacillate , waver (verb) - move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
vacillant , vacillating , wavering (adjective) - uncertain in purpose or action
venomous
deadly , venomous , virulent (adjective) - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
acerb , acerbic , acid , acrid , bitter , blistering , caustic , sulfurous , sulphurous , venomous , virulent , vitriolic (adjective) - harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
poisonous , venomous , vicious (adjective) - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
deadly , venomous , virulent (adjective) - extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
acerb , acerbic , acid , acrid , bitter , blistering , caustic , sulfurous , sulphurous , venomous , virulent , vitriolic (adjective) - harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
poisonous , venomous , vicious (adjective) - marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful; "poisonous hate"; "venomous criticism"; "vicious gossip"
cohorts
cohort (noun) - a company of companions or supporters
cohort (noun) - a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
age group , age bracket , cohort (noun) - a group people having approximately the same age
cohort (noun) - a company of companions or supporters
cohort (noun) - a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
age group , age bracket , cohort (noun) - a group people having approximately the same age
flustered
fluster (verb) - be flustered; behave in a confused manner
fluster (verb) - cause to be nervous or upset
flustered , hot and bothered(p) , perturbed , rattled (adjective) - thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
fluster (verb) - be flustered; behave in a confused manner
fluster (verb) - cause to be nervous or upset
flustered , hot and bothered(p) , perturbed , rattled (adjective) - thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
entail
entail , imply , mean (verb) - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
entail , implicate (verb) - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
fee-tail , entail (verb) - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
entail (noun) - land received by fee tail
entail (noun) - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
entail , imply , mean (verb) - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
entail , implicate (verb) - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
fee-tail , entail (verb) - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
entail (noun) - land received by fee tail
entail (noun) - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
enumerated
enumerate , recite , itemize , itemise (verb) - specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
count , number , enumerate , numerate (verb) - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
enumerate , recite , itemize , itemise (verb) - specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
count , number , enumerate , numerate (verb) - determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change"
tunnelling
burrow , tunnel (verb) - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"
tunnel (verb) - force a way through
burrow , tunnel (verb) - move through by or as by digging; "burrow through the forest"
tunnel (verb) - force a way through
touted
tout (verb) - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"
boast , tout , swash , shoot a line , brag , gas , blow , bluster , vaunt , gasconade (verb) - show off
tout (verb) - advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"
boast , tout , swash , shoot a line , brag , gas , blow , bluster , vaunt , gasconade (verb) - show off
fledgling
newcomer , fledgling , fledgeling , starter , neophyte , freshman , newbie , entrant (noun) - any new participant in some activity
fledgling , fledgeling (noun) - young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
fledgling(a) , fledgeling(a) (adjective) - (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin"
fledgling , unfledged , callow (adjective) - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
newcomer , fledgling , fledgeling , starter , neophyte , freshman , newbie , entrant (noun) - any new participant in some activity
fledgling , fledgeling (noun) - young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
fledgling(a) , fledgeling(a) (adjective) - (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin"
fledgling , unfledged , callow (adjective) - young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
predilection
predilection , preference , orientation (noun) - a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
preference , penchant , predilection , taste (noun) - a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
predilection , preference , orientation (noun) - a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
preference , penchant , predilection , taste (noun) - a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
urgings
goad , goading , prod , prodding , urging , spur , spurring (noun) - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
urging (noun) - the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
importunity , urgency , urging (noun) - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
goad , goading , prod , prodding , urging , spur , spurring (noun) - a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
urging (noun) - the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
importunity , urgency , urging (noun) - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
summit
summit (verb) - reach the summit of a mountain; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
acme , height , elevation , peak , pinnacle , summit , superlative , meridian , tiptop , top (noun) - the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
peak , crown , crest , top , tip , summit (noun) - the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
summit , summit meeting (noun) - a meeting of heads of governments
summit (verb) - reach the summit of a mountain; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
acme , height , elevation , peak , pinnacle , summit , superlative , meridian , tiptop , top (noun) - the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
peak , crown , crest , top , tip , summit (noun) - the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
summit , summit meeting (noun) - a meeting of heads of governments
mettle
heart , mettle , nerve , spunk (noun) - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
heart , mettle , nerve , spunk (noun) - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
viable
feasible , executable , practicable , viable , workable (adjective) - capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
viable (adjective) - capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"
feasible , executable , practicable , viable , workable (adjective) - capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
viable (adjective) - capable of life or normal growth and development; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"
spectrum
spectrum (noun) - an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
spectrum (noun) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities
spectrum (noun) - an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
spectrum (noun) - broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities
Mind you (informal) used to ad sth to what you have just said especially sth that makes it less strong
I've heard they're getting divorced. Mind you, I'm not surprised-they were always arguing.
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