1.Blase
Meaning: having or showing a lack of excitement or interest in something especially because it
is very familiar
Synonyms: worldly-wise, sophisticated
Sentence: blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere.
Meaning: having or showing a lack of excitement or interest in something especially because it
is very familiar
Synonyms: worldly-wise, sophisticated
Sentence: blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere.
2.Brinkmanship
Meaning: the practice of causing or allowing a situation to become extremely dangerous in order to get the results that you want
Synonyms: malpractices
Sentence: two nations caught up in nuclear brinksmanship
Meaning: the practice of causing or allowing a situation to become extremely dangerous in order to get the results that you want
Synonyms: malpractices
Sentence: two nations caught up in nuclear brinksmanship
3.Coercion
Meaning: Act of inducing someone.
Synonyms: arm-twisting, constraint
Sentence: a promise obtained by coercion is never binding
Meaning: Act of inducing someone.
Synonyms: arm-twisting, constraint
Sentence: a promise obtained by coercion is never binding
4.Fillip
Meaning: a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
Synonyms: bang, dab
Sentence: gave him a sharp fillip on the noggin with her teakettle
Meaning: a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
Synonyms: bang, dab
Sentence: gave him a sharp fillip on the noggin with her teakettle
5.Reels Under
Meaning: to stagger under the weight of something
Synonyms: Suffer
Sentence: Tony reeled under the weight of the books.
Meaning: to stagger under the weight of something
Synonyms: Suffer
Sentence: Tony reeled under the weight of the books.