A DISHONEST WAY OF GETTING MONEY | RACKET |
SHOCKED DEEPLY AND UNFORGETTABLY | TRAUMATISED |
BITTER, AS OF LANGUAGE OR MANNER | ACRIMONIOUS |
HARDLY ENOUGH | SCANT |
INVOLVED IN AN ARGUMENT OR OTHER DIFFICULT SITUATION | SWATHE |
A LARGE AREAOF A PARTICULAR TYPE | EMBROILED / TANGLED |
PRODUCED BY THE IMAGINATION; NOT BASED ON REASON OR GOOD SENSE | FANCIFUL |
DIRECTED BY MISTAKEN IDEAS; NOT SENSIBLE | MISGUIDED |
SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE ANOTHER AND LEADS TO IT OR IS DEVELOPED INTO IT | PRECURSOR |
THE USER OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE; CUSTOMER (INFML) | PUNTER |
ALMOST NOT; ONLY JUST; HARDLY | BARELY |
STATE OF BEING NARROW-MINDED OR INTERESTED ONLY OR MAINLY IN ONE'S OWN GROUP OR COUNTRY | INSULARITY |
TO MENTION AS AN EXAMPLE IN A STATEMENT, ARGUMENT ETC | CITE |
LASTING LONGER AND LONGER, OFTEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON | PROTRACTED |
WHAT MUST HAPPEN AND CANNOT BE CHANGED OR CONTROLLED | DESTINY |
TALK TO PEOPLE IN A SOCIAL SITUATION | INTERACT |
WORTHLESS AND WITHOUT PURPOSE OR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE | FECKLESS |
PASSED TO OR SOLD TO, ESP. BY DECEIT | FOISTED UPON |
A STATEMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF A SPEECH OR PIECE OF WRITING, GIVING ITS REASON AND PURPOSE | PREAMBLE |
A NATURAL TENDENCY | BENT |