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too clever by half : Shrewdbut flawedby overthinkingor excessivecomplexity,with aresulting tendency to be unreliableor unsuccessful.

Assuage:1. To make something burdensome or painful! less intense or severe: assuage her grief.

2. To satisfy or appease hunger or thirst, for example!.

3. To pacify or calm: assuage their chronic insecurity.

"epleting:

To decrease the fullness of# use up or empty out

emancipation n)

1.the act of freeing or state of being freed# liberation

2.Informalfreedom from inhibition and convention

a. The act of e$ecting, forcing out, or supplanting.

%hasm:

1. A deep, steep&sided opening in the earth's surface# an abyss or gorge.

2. A sudden interruption of continuity# a gap.

3. A pronounced difference of opinion, interests, or loyalty.

Hone in:

1. To move or advance toward a target or goal: The missiles honed in on the militaryinstallation.

2. To direct one's attention# focus: The lawyer honed in on the gist of the plaintiff's

testimony.

(everberate:

1. To resound in a succession of echoes# reecho.

2. To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated

throughout his life.

3. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.

4. To be forced or driven back# recoil or rebound.

Plausible

Arbitration

Languishes

Ante

Nominal

Pariah

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rein

rekinle

savvy

botche

inke

incur

1. To ac)uire or come into something usually undesirable!# sustain: incurred substantiallosses during the stock market crash.

2. To become liable or sub$ect to as a result of one's actions# bring upon oneself: incur the

anger of a friend.

Laus

To give praise to# glorify. See Synonyms atpraise.

accrue1. To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment: interest accruing in my savings

account.

2. To increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth: common sense that

accrues with experience.

3. To come into existence as a claim that is legally enforceable.

4v.tr.To accumulate over time: * have accrued 1+ days of sick leave.

!aive "#!$v%

(efrain from insisting on or using a right or claim!: waive all rights to the money. (efrain from applying or enforcing a rule, restriction, or fee!: her tuition fees would

be waived

arrears

An unpaid, overdue debt or an unfulfilled obligation.

trying to set up repayment plans for rent arrears, before taking eviction action.The economy is suspended by a long chain of arrears.

during last year over -m was collected from previous year's council tax arrears.

&ravitas

Substance# weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its sub$ect.

2. A serious or dignified demeanor: /ur national father figure needs gravitas, 0but he's

pitched himself as the kid brother

'uaint:

1. %harmingly odd, especially in an old&fashioned way

2. 2nfamiliar or unusual in character# strange: )uaint dialect words. See Synonyms at

strange.

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(leats

To utter a sound similar to this crycharacteristic of a goat or sheep!, especially a whine.

v.tr.To utter in a whining way.

pin3na3cleThe highest point# the culmination. See Synonyms at summit.

)eiterate

4apless

5lank

2nbecoming

mae off

xenophobic

euphoria

caricatures

borne outfarceimpasse

hark back

political clout

impedimentssabbatical

mas)uerading

appeasement

vendettas

*mbusman

6raft

%ulpability

ole+out

done away

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