1.Status quo
Meaning: the existing state
Synonyms: normalcy
Sentence: seeks to preserve the status quo
Meaning: the existing state
Synonyms: normalcy
Sentence: seeks to preserve the status quo
2.Ploy
Meaning: a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
Synonyms: artifice, gimmick
Sentence: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Meaning: a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
Synonyms: artifice, gimmick
Sentence: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
3.Tactic
Meaning: the means or procedure for doing something
Synonyms: approach, manner
Sentence: used dishonest tactics to win election to the town council
Meaning: the means or procedure for doing something
Synonyms: approach, manner
Sentence: used dishonest tactics to win election to the town council
4.Rebuff
Meaning: treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
Synonyms: brush-off, repulse
Sentence: took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met
Meaning: treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
Synonyms: brush-off, repulse
Sentence: took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met
5.Extricate
Meaning: to free or remove
Synonyms: disentangle, disencumber
Sentence: They extricated the tractor from the mud.
Meaning: to free or remove
Synonyms: disentangle, disencumber
Sentence: They extricated the tractor from the mud.