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trilemma
Noun
Meaning:
A state of things in which it is difficult to determine which one of three courses to pursue; a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives
Usage:
The dilemmas and trilemmas that confront you on a daily basis in life could be quite a bunch of challenges
His trilemma consisted in not knowing whether to acknowledge the receipt, deny it or simply leave
prevaricate
Meaning:
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; to deviate from truth; equivocate; fabricate
Usage:
Government officials prevaricated about the real costs of the project
During the hearings the witness was willing to prevaricate in order to protect his friend
When you prevaricate, you lie or mislead
The proof of the pudding is in eating
Proverb
Meaning:
The real value of something can be judged only from practical experience or results and not from appearance or theory
Usage:
Yet, the proof of the pudding is in the eating just as the clearest indicant of merit has always been performance
conniption
Noun
Meaning:
A fit of rage, hysteria or alarm; a display of bad temper
Usage:
He went into conniptions
He had a conniption when his favorite TV program was preempted by a political speech
But plans to rename it after him were scrapped when people in the town nearly had a conniption
nagging
Meaning:
Persistently painful or worrying; constantly harassing someone to do something
Usage:
He is 38, unmarried and stuck in a very deep rut also inhabited by his nagging, humourless girlfriend Surbhi and a cat he detests
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