Competing, Compete, Competitive, Competition.

Grandeur (n): Magnificence, glory, splendour

Mettlesome (adj) fill with courage

He was not mettlesome chargers.

Gerrymander: manipulate voting distracts in order to fovour a  particular political party

An attempt to gerrymander the election result

 

Pollyannaish ( adj): extreme optimistic

Pollyannaish is based on Pollyann, a term for an excessively optimistic person.

Vituperate (v): criticize harshly, berate

He was vituperated by critics in his work.

Arriviste (v) a social climber, status seeker, go-getter

Martinet (n): strict disciplinarian, complete obedience, authoritarian

 

Quisling (n): a traitor

He is an quisling for the nation.

Quixotic (adj): wildly idealistic, impractical, extravagant, not logical

 

Bashful: sheepish, shy, introverted, demure, diffident, self-conscious

She was bashful to ask question to me.

Grand (adj): big, Large, magnificent, splendid, monumental, glorious, resplendent,

 

 

Aggrandizement: an increase in power or importance

Aggrandize (v);

Grandiose (adj): impressive in appearance

 

Grandiloquent (adj): pontificating,  pompous, pretentious, bombastic, mangiloquent, ostentatious, rhetorical

Folliculitis: skin related (red bumps or white-headed pimple )

Pie in the sky-not clear ( describe to something that is pleasant to contemplate but is very unlikely to be realized , false hope

 

Denouement (n) –final pat, finale, last act, conclusion, outcome

The last note’s denouement was ambiguous.

Denounce (v): condemn, attack, castigate, decry, criticize

Dubious (adj): doubtful, uncertain, unsure, hesitant, suspicious, untrustworthy, vacillating,   

Rudimentay –orthordox

Unlawful (adj): illegal,illicit, lawbreaking, illegitimate, feloniouos, culpable

Provocation (n): action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

Goading, prodding, incitement, rousing,

Provoke (v): arouse, evoke, spur, induce, precipitate, enkindle, foster, elicit, excite

 

Cohesion (n) : unity, togetherness, solidarity, bond

Social Cohesion

Extravagance (N) : luxury, lavish, overspending.  

Ostensibly (adv): apparently, seemingly, supposedly  

Transitional Government (caretaker/ intermediate)

Oust (v): expel, force out, remove

The Afghansthan government were ousted  from power.

 

Rhetorical (adj): stylistic, verbal, oratorical  

 

Candle in the wind

Miss Monroe seemed to be lived her life like a candle in the wind.

 

Coerce (v) pressure, compel, oblige, influence, threaten, intimidate,

Obscure

Outskirts (N): he built a new factory on the outskirts of Kathmandu.

Encircle (v): surround, enclose, circle, encompass, boarder, circumscribe

 

Heinous act

Entitled

Miscarriage

Barter (v): trade, change, exchange  

Decay/decayed/decaying (v): decompose, rot,

Biodegradable (adj): capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms

Murky (adj): dark and gloomy,

The sky was murky and a thin drizzle was falling.

Aviation (n): the flying or operating of aircraft

Articulate/coherently/eloquent: expressive, fluent, persuasive

An eloquent speech

Palpable (adj): perceptible, visible, noticeable, appreciable

Recognizable, notable, tangible

You can palpable the things.