derivation | origin, first meaning of a word | |
fraught with sth | full of sth | |
to snuffle | to make sniffling noises | |
to fizz | to produce bubbles | |
secluded | far away from commotion | |
to convenue | to gather in one place | |
by all accounts | according to what everybody says | |
to taunt | to try to provoke sb by critical remarks | |
jittery | a feeling of stress | |
underlying | forming the basis for sth | |
to lash out on sth | to spend money freely and extravagantly | |
to shy away | to avoid | |
to warrant | to guarantee, to deserve | |
prevalent | present almost everywhere | |
exclusionary | evolving exclusions | |
landmark study | a very important stage in some field | |
to entangle | to cause sth to become twisted | |
entanglement | an instance of being involved, entangled | |
to vacillate | to sway/ to change one's emotions | |
concurrent with sth | happening or existing in the same time | |
to that end | for that purpose | |
to defuse | to make sth harmless/ to reduce the dangerous tension | |
to dwarf | to make sth seem smaller | |
to carry a tune | to sing sth only by listening it | |
to root for sb | to cheer for sb/ to be happy with sb | |
angst | fear | |
to portend | to be a sing or a warning | |
to unnerve sb | to cause sb to lose self-control | |
cipher | a person/a thing of no importance | |
to tailor sth to sth | to adapt sth for particular needs | |