(1) Dissertation

dste()n
Noun

Noun: dissertation; plural noun: dissertations

a long essay on a particular subject, especially one written for a university degree or diploma.

"a dissertation on the novels of the Bront sisters"

Synonyms: essay, thesis, treatise, paper, study, composition, discourse, disquisition, tract,
monograph; Critique, exposition, criticism, appraisal, assessment, discussion

"a dissertation on the novels of the Bront sisters"

What is the Difference Between a Thesis and a Dissertation?

(2) Entangled, involved, caught

He was enmeshed in a complex web of personal problems.

Embroiled

If you become embroiled in a fight or argument, you become deeply involved in it.
the reluctance of the US public to get embroiled in a war
involved
mixed up
implicated
entangled
Implicated
If someone or something is implicated in a crime or a bad situation, they are involved in it or
responsible for it.
Eventually the President was implicated in the cover-up.

involved
suspected
incriminated
under suspicion

show (someone) to be involved in a crime.

"he implicated his government in the murders of three judges"
synonyms: incriminate, compromise; involve, connect, embroil, enmesh, ensnare;
expose; archaicinculpate
"he had been implicated in a financial scandal"

convey (a meaning) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly.

"by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any"
Enmesh
past tense: enmeshed; past participle: enmeshed
cause to become entangled in something.
"whales enmeshed in drift nets"
Synonyms: entangle, ensnare, snare, trap, entrap, ensnarl, embroil, involve, catch up,
mix up, bog down, mire; rare trammel
"the party became increasingly enmeshed in the parliamentary system"
involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape.
"he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair

Stupor
stjup/Submit
Noun
a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.
"a drunken stupor"
Synonyms: daze, state of stupefaction, state of senselessness, state of
unconsciousness; inertia, torpor, insensibility, numbness, blankness, oblivion, coma, blackout;
dwam; raresopor
"they left him slumped in a drunken stupor"

Slump
slmp
verb
past tense: slumped; past participle: slumped
1.
sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
"she slumped against the cushions"
Synonyms: sit heavily, flop, flump, collapse, sink, fall, subside; sag, slouch;
informal plonk oneself, plop oneself
"he slumped into a chair"
2.
undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.
"land prices slumped"
Synonyms: fall steeply, plummet, plunge, tumble, drop, go down, slide, decline,
decrease; reach a new low; informal crash, nosedive, take a nosedive, go into a tailspin
"houses prices slumped"
Eloquent
lkwnt/Submit
adjective
fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
"an eloquent speech"
Synonyms: persuasive, expressive, articulate, fluent; strong, forceful, powerful,
potent; well spoken, silver-tongued, smooth-tongued, well expressed, graceful, lucid,
vivid, effective, graphic; glib
"an eloquent and well-informed speech"
clearly expressing or indicating something.
"the bus journey alone is eloquent of class inequality"
Synonyms: expressive, sensitive, meaningful, suggestive, revealing, telling,
significant, indicative
"her dark eloquent eyes lifted up"
Wart
wt/Submit
noun
plural noun: warts
a small, hard, benign growth on the skin, caused by a virus.
Synonyms: growth, lump, swelling, protuberance, carbuncle, boil, blister, verruca,
corn, tumour, excrescence; raretumescence
"she had a wart on her cheek"
any rounded excrescence on the skin of an animal or the surface of a plant.
"the toad possesses a dangerous poison in its large warts"
an undesirable or disfiguring feature.
"few products are without their warts"

Intonation
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noun
1.
the rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
"she spoke English with a German intonation"
Synonyms: inflection, pitch, tone, timbre, cadence, cadency, lilt, rise and fall,
modulation, speech pattern; accentuation, emphasis, stress; accent, brogue
"she read the sentence with the wrong intonation"
 2.
accuracy of pitch in playing or singing, or on a stringed instrument such as a guitar.
"poor woodwind intonation at the opening"

Repertoire
rptw/
noun
a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to
perform.
Synonyms: collection, stock, range, repertory; reserve, store, repository, supply,
stockpile
"his repertoire of quotes and quips"
the whole body of items which are regularly performed.
"the mainstream concert repertoire"
a stock of skills or types of behaviour that a person habitually uses.
"his repertoire of denigratory gestures"
Recuse
rkjuz/ verb NORTH AMERICAN
Challenge (a judge or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a potential
conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
"He was recused when he referred to the corporation as a bunch of villains"
(of a judge) excuse oneself from a case because of a potential conflict of interest or lack
of impartiality.
"it was the right of counsel to ask a judge to recuse himself from continuing to hear a
case because of bias"
Regicide
rdsd/
noun
The action of killing a king.
a person who kills or takes part in killing a king.
plural noun: regicides
Scrawny
skrni/Submit
adjective
(of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.
"he had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple"
 Synonyms: skinny, thin, thin as a rake, skin-and-bones, gaunt, bony, size-zero,
angular, gawky, scraggy, rangy, raw-boned, skeletal, emaciated, pinched; lean, slim,
slender, lanky, spindly, gangly, gangling; datedspindle-shanked
"he was small, scrawny, and hairless"
(of vegetation) meagre or stunted.
"straggly trees and occasional tufts of scrawny grass"
Partake
ptek/
verb formal
verb: partake; 3rd person present: partakes; past tense: partook; gerund or present
participle: partaking; past participle: partaken
1.
eat or drink (something).
"he partook of a well-earned drink"
synonyms: consume, have, eat, drink, take, devour, polish off, ingest; informaltuck
into, wolf down, dispose of, get outside of, get one's laughing gear round
"she had partaken of a cheese sandwich and a cup of coffee"
2.
join in (an activity).
"visitors can partake in golfing or clay pigeon shooting"
synonyms: participate in, take part in, engage in, enter into, join in, get involved in,
share in, play a part in, contribute to, have a hand in, have something to do with
"video conferencing allows executives to partake in negotiations abroad"
3.
be characterized by (a quality).
"the birth of twins became an event which partook of the mythic"
synonyms: have the qualities/attributes of, suggest, evoke, be characterized by, hint
at, evince, manifest
"Bohemia is where eastern and western Europe meet, partaking of both, part of neither"
Timid
tmd
Adjective
Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
"I was too timid to ask for what I wanted"
Synonyms: easily frightened, lacking courage, fearful, apprehensive, afraid,
frightened, scared, faint-hearted; trembling, quaking, cowering, weak-kneed; shy,
 diffident, bashful, self-effacing, shrinking, unassuming, unassertive, reserved, retiring,
reticent, quiet, timorous, nervous, modest, demure, coy, meek, humble; cowardly,
pusillanimous, lily-livered, pigeon-hearted, spineless, craven; informalwimpish, sissy,
yellow, yellow-bellied, chicken, gutless; archaicpoor-spirited, recreant

"I was too timid to ask for what I wanted"

Pale
pe
adjective
adjective: pale; comparative adjective: paler; superlative adjective: palest
1. light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.
"choose pale floral patterns for walls"
Synonyms: light, light-coloured, pastel, neutral, light-toned, muted, subtle, soft, low-
key, restrained;

(of a person or their complexion) having less colour than usual, typically as a result of
shock, fear, or ill health.
"she looked pale and drawn"
synonyms: white, pallid, pasty, pasty-faced, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless,
washed out, peaky, peakish, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, chalky, chalk-white, grey, whitish,
white-faced, whey-faced, waxen, waxy, blanched, drained, pinched, green, ghastly,
sickly, sallow, as white as a sheet, as white as a ghost, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-
like, looking as if one had seen a ghost; More
antonyms: flushed, rosy

(of a light) not strong or bright.

"a pale dawn"
synonyms: dim, faint, weak, feeble, thin, watery, wan
"the pale light of morning"
antonyms: dark, bright
2. Inferior or unimpressive.
"the new cheese is a pale imitation of continental cheeses"
synonyms: inferior, poor, feeble, weak, insipid, wishy-washy, vapid, bland, puny,
flat, inadequate, ineffectual, ineffective, half-hearted; More
verb
 verb: pale; 3rd person present: pales; past tense: paled; past participle: paled; gerund or
present participle: paling
1.
become pale in one's face from shock or fear.
"I paled at the thought of what she might say"
synonyms: go/turn white, grow/turn/become pale, blanch, blench, lose colour;
whiten, lighten
"his face paled"
2.
seem or become less important.
"all else pales by comparison"
synonyms: decrease in importance, lose significance, pale into insignificance; fade,
dwindle, diminish, lessen, dim, lose lustre
"everything else pales by comparison"

Pale (2)
pe
noun
noun: pale; plural noun: pales
1.
a wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.
synonyms: stake, post, pole, paling, picket, upright; palisade
"the pales of a fence"
a conceptual boundary.
"bring these things back within the pale of decency"
synonyms: boundary, confines, bounds, limits
"a woman who stands outside the pale of family and community life"
2.
an area within determined bounds, or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
another term for English Pale.
singular proper noun: Pale; noun: the Pale
the areas of Russia to which Jewish residence was formerly restricted.
3.
HERALDRY
a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.
 Implore
verb
3rd person present: implores
1. beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.
"he implored her to change her mind"
synonyms: plead with, beg, entreat, beseech, appeal
to, pray, ask, request, solicit, supplicate, importune, call on;
exhort, urge, enjoin, press, push, petition, encourage, bid;
rareobtest, obsecrate, impetrate
"his mother implored him to continue studying"
o archaic
beg earnestly for.
"I implore mercy"

Flay
Verb
1. strip the skin off (a corpse or carcass).
"the captured general was flayed alive"
synonyms: skin, strip the skin off;
technicalexcoriate
"one shoulder had been flayed to reveal the muscles"
o strip (the skin) off a corpse or carcass.
"she flayed the white skin from the flesh"
o whip or beat (someone) so harshly as to remove their skin.
"he flayed them viciously with a branch"

Reek
verb
1. 1.
smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink.
"the yard reeked of wet straw and horse manure"
synonyms: stink, smell, smell bad/disgusting, give off a bad smell, stink/smell to high heaven
"the whole place reeked of cheap perfume"

noun
1. 1.
a foul smell.
"the reek of cattle dung"
synonyms: stink, bad smell, foul smell, stench, taint, effluvium; More
2. 2.
SCOTTISH
smoke.
"he recovered himself and turned to peer through the reek"
 Swoon
verb
gerund or present participle: swooning
1. 1.
literary
faint, especially from extreme emotion.
"Frankie's mother swooned and had to be helped to the headmaster's office"
2. 2.
be overcome with admiration, adoration, or other strong emotion.
"women swoon over his manly, unaffected ways"

Remiss
adjective
1. lacking care or attention to duty; negligent.
"it would be very remiss of me not to pass on that information"
synonyms: negligent, neglectful, irresponsible, careless, thoughtless, heedless,
unthinking, unmindful, lax, slack, slipshod, lackadaisical, forgetful,
inattentive, unheeding;
lazy, dilatory, indolent;
derelict;
informalsloppy;
formaldelinquent;
barratrous;
archaicdisregardful, oscitant
"I can see that I have been very remiss"
Sheath
noun
1. a close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword.
synonyms: scabbard, case
"he slid the gleaming sword out of its sheath"
o a structure in living tissue which closely envelops another.
"the fatty sheath around nerve fibres"
synonyms: covering, cover, case, casing, envelope, sleeve, wrapper;
technicaltunica, capsule, fascia, neurilemma, epimysium, perimysium, perineurium,
sarcolemma; coleoptile, coleorhiza, ochrea
"an optical fibre has a core and a cladding encased in a tough protective plastic
sheath"
o a protective covering around an electric cable.

Stew
noun
1. 1.
a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a closed dish or pan.
"lamb stew"
synonyms: casserole
 "a beef stew"
2. 2.
informal
a state of great anxiety or agitation.
"she's in a right old stew"
synonyms: agitated, anxious, in a state of nerves, nervous, in a state of agitation, in a
panic, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, flustered, flurried, in a pother;
informalin a flap, in a state, all of a dither, in a sweat, in a tizz/tizzy, in a tiz-woz, all
of a lather, het up, in a twitter;
informalstrung up, windy, having kittens, all of a doodah;
informalin a twit;
informaltoey;
datedoverstrung
"she's in a right old stew"

3.
o
verb
1. 1.
(with reference to meat, fruit, or other food) cook or be cooked slowly in liquid in a
closed dish or pan.
"beef stewed in wine"
synonyms: braise, casserole, fricassee, simmer, boil;
jug;
smoor;
archaicseethe
"stew the meat for an hour or so"
o
o
2. 2.
informal
remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere.
"sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag"
synonyms: swelter, be very hot, perspire, sweat;
informalroast, bake, be boiling
"the girls sat stewing in the heat"

Chip away to gradually make something weaker, smaller, or less effective. The company's
dominance of the market is gradually being chipped away. chip away at: Her comments were
beginning to chip away at his self-confidence.

Imply
verb
gerund or present participle: implying
1. indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit
reference.
"salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge"
synonyms implicit, indirect, hinted, suggested, insinuated, deducible, inferred, understood;
: oblique, unspoken, unexpressed, undeclared, unstated, unsaid, tacit, unacknowledged,
not spelt out, silent, taken for granted, taken as read, assumed
"there was implied criticism of the king's choice of commanders"
insinuate, suggest, hint, intimate, implicate, say indirectly, indicate, give someone to
understand, give someone to believe, convey the impression, signal;
informalmake out
"she seemed to be implying that he was mad"

(of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence.

"the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution"
synonyms: involve, entail;
mean, point to, signify, indicate, signal;
necessitate, require
"the forecast traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution"

Confiscate
verb
past tense: confiscated; past participle: confiscated
1. take or seize (someone's property) with authority.
"the guards confiscated his camera"
synonyms: impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, take possession
of, sequester, sequestrate, take away, take over, take, annex;
distrain, attach, disseize;
poind
"the guards confiscated his camera"

o appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty.

"the government confiscated his property early in the war"
Decimate
verb
gerund or present participle: decimating
1. 1.
kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
"the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"
o
2. 2.
historical
kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a
punishment for the whole group.
"the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of
mutineers"
 Mincing
adjective
adjective: mincing
1. (of a man) affectedly dainty in manner or gait; effeminate.
"I don't have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of yours"
Mince
verb
gerund or present participle: mincing
1. 1.
cut up (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine.
"minced beef"
synonyms: chop up, cut up, chop/cut into small pieces;
grind, dice, crumble, cube;
hash
"mince the meat and mix in the remaining ingredients"
2. 2.
walk with short quick steps in an affectedly dainty manner.
"there were plenty of secretaries mincing about"
synonyms: walk affectedly, walk in an affected/dainty way, teeter, waddle, skip;
informalsashay
"she stood up and minced out of the room"
affected, fastidious, dainty, effeminate, niminy-piminy, chichi, foppish, dandyish;
pretentious, precious;
informalcamp, sissy, la-di-da, campy, queeny;
informalponcey
"he had a strange, mincing walk, his hips slightly swaying"
Famished
adjective
informal
1. extremely hungry.
"I'm famishedis there anything to eat?"
synonyms: very hungry, ravenous, starving, starving to death, starved, dying of hunger, faint
from lack of food, deprived of food, empty;
undernourished, malnourished, half-starved, unfed;
informalpeckish;
rare sharp-set, esurient
Defile1
verb
past tense: defiled; past participle: defiled
1. damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil.
"the land was defiled by a previous owner"
synonyms: spoil, sully, mar, impair, debase, degrade;
pollute, poison, corrupt, taint, tarnish, infect;
foul, befoul, dirty, soil, stain;
destroy, ruin
 "she was afraid that her very capacity for love had been defiled"
antonyms: purify
o desecrate or profane (something sacred).
"the tomb had been defiled and looted"
synonyms: desecrate, profane, violate, treat sacrilegiously;
make impure, contaminate, pollute, debase, degrade, dishonour, vitiate
"the sacred bones had been defiled"
antonyms: sanctify
o archaic
rape or sexually assault (a woman).
"and the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their
whoredom"
Defile2
verb
archaic
past tense: defiled; past participle: defiled
1. (of troops) march in single file.
"we emerged after defiling through the mountainsides"

Unbesmirched Not besmirched

besmirched
, adjective. Synonyms. 2. stain, tarnish, soil, blacken, dishonor, discredit, sully, besmear.