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 |