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Plucky
(Adjective)- courageous; having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties
(Similar words): brave, courageous, daring, bold, fearless
(Opposite words): cowardly; timid; timorous
Usage: She is one of the eldest and pluckiest members of the club. She is pervasively ready to speak against any form of injustice.
Rattled
(Verb): make someone nervous, worried or irritated; disturb
Usage: The current regime is rattled by the erosion in upper caste votes in the recent Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
Flagran
(Adjective): offensive, conspicuously or obviously offensive; blatant; glaring Noticeably bad
Usage: The driver’s flagrant disregard for the speeding laws did not escape the police officer’s notice Usage: It was a flagrant abuse of law
Stockpile
(Noun)- a large accumulated stock of goods or materials (especially one held in reserve for use at a time of shortage or other emergency)
Usage: It was a stockpile of medical supplies
Untenable
(Adjective): not able to be defended
Usage: If your disagreement with your teacher puts you in an untenable position, you better just admit you made a mistake and get on with it
Conundrum
(Noun): a confusing or difficult problem or question A difficult problem that seems to have no solution
Usage: The government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars trying to unearth a solution to the fuel conundrum
Imbroglio
An extremely confused, complicated or embarrassing situation A confusing situation
Usage: Hopefully this treaty end this imbroglio that has kept the two countries at war for over five decades.
Utopia-
Usage: This world is not a utopia because it contains too much crime and starvation In a utopia there is plenty of food and water for everyone
Internecine
(Adjective): destructive to both sides in conflict Mutually destructive; deadly
Usage: This political party that has suffered because of bitter internecine rivalries
Pauperize
(Verb): make very poor; impoverish To reduce to poverty
Usage: They wished to pauperize the opposition to ensure that their rivals had no funds to fight the next elections
unencumbered
Unencumbered– not having any burden or impediment; free of debt or other financial liability Free of baggage; care-free
Usage: I wish to travel in an unencumbered fashion
Usage: After the broken-down car was moved out of the road, the street was unencumbered and other motorists could drive past
Stymie
(Verb): prevent or hinder the progress of; hamper; hinder
Usage: The progress of the project has been stymied by lack of money gritty Gritty- courageous and brave
Usage: The gritty warrior refused to bow down, even in the face of adversity As she was gritty and brave, she took lots of risks in the name of flight
Recalcitrant-Stubborn
Usage: Despite being offered treats by his parents, the little boy was still recalcitrant about doing his homework
Usage: Because of its two recalcitrant members, the committee got very little work done
Mollify
(Verb): appease the anger or anxiety of someone To soothe in temper or disposition
Usage: Perhaps a warm glass of milk will mollify my upset stomach
Usage: When the baby started crying, his mother tried to mollify him with a bottle of milk The manager tried to mollify the angry workers by giving them longer breaks
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