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An owl swivels his head to visualize the surroundings.<\/p>\n
spurn:<\/span><\/b> (v) reject, contemn, despise, rebuff, reprobate denigrate: <\/span><\/b>(v) belittle, malign, asperse, defame implacable:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) merciless, grim, inflexible, rancorous, vindictive beleaguered:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) troubled, tormented, hassled, persecuted, vexed adamant:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, unswayable farce:<\/span><\/b> (n) nonsense, absurdity, buffoonery, mockery, slapstick, travesty scuttle:<\/span><\/b> (v) destroy, ruin, overthrow, foil, arrest detente:<\/span><\/b> (n) amity, truce, agreement, cordiality, reconcilement egress:<\/span><\/b> (n) departure, doorway, exit, opening, finesse:<\/span><\/b> (n) acumen, adroitness, competence, discernment wry:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) sarcastic, distorted, askew, crooked, mocking, sardonic emasculate:<\/span><\/b> (v) weaken, cripple, impoverish, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate foray:<\/span><\/b> (n) sally, assault, invasion, swoop, sortie, irruption puerile:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) silly, childish, naive, foolish, trivial, immature, inane audacious: <\/span><\/b>(adj.) daring, courageous, intrepid, daredevil, dauntless trivialise:<\/span><\/b> (v) babble, blurt, gibber, gossip, jabber, mumble, prate, tattle boozer:<\/span><\/b> (n) alcoholic, inebriate, lush, sot, sponge, toper, wino apparition:<\/span><\/b> (n) ghost, bogeyman, chimera, phantom, spectre, spirit prying:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) inquisitive, spying, curious, intrusive, snoopy camaraderie:<\/span><\/b> (n) friendship, conviviality, esprit de corps, gregariousness, sociability pro bono:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) for public good snide:<\/span><\/b> (adj.) malicious, cynical, sarcastic, spiteful, snarky Idioms<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n nip in the bud:<\/span><\/b> abort, stymie, arrest, obviate shot in the arm:<\/span><\/b> support, encouragement, assistance, pat on the head smell a rat:<\/span><\/b> disbelieve, discredit, doubt, query, cast doubt on on song:<\/span><\/b> blooming, thriving, victorious stick to one’s guns:<\/span><\/b> persist, endure, stand one’s ground on same page:<\/span><\/b> agreeing, compatible, harmonious, like-minded, on the same wavelength as old as Aristotle:<\/span><\/b> existed for a very long time, hoary, primordial, swivel: (v) revolve, rotate, swing around An owl swivels his head to visualize the surroundings. spurn: (v) reject, contemn, despise, rebuff, reprobate Investors have plenty of reasons to spurn PIA. denigrate: (v) belittle, malign, asperse, defame He has been known to both praise and denigrate “talent” equally. implacable: (adj.) merciless, grim, inflexible, rancorous, vindictive An …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,7657],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jworldtimes.com\/old-site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nInvestors have plenty of reasons to spurn PIA.<\/p>\n
\nHe has been known to both praise and denigrate “talent” equally.<\/p>\n
\nAn officer with a face of implacable opacity sent us packing.<\/p>\n
\nArmy barricades may give beleaguered communities a breathing space.<\/p>\n
\nPPP is trying to bypass adamant Ch Nisar on caretaker PM issue.<\/p>\n
\nTragic history, when repeated, becomes farce.
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\nmayhem:<\/span><\/b> (n) chaos, commotion, fracas, pandemonium
\nTo stop the mayhem, hundreds of extra police officers were sent to the city.<\/p>\n
\nJoint sitting scuttled Malik’s plan to brief the Senate in-camera.<\/p>\n
\nDetente between rival Arab states has eased political pressures in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
\nThey would shoot and run and `always have an egress set up so they can get out.<\/p>\n
\nAs Internet search engines grow in speed and finesse, surfers question their usefulness.<\/p>\n
\nEven though covered with a wry smile, the words weren’t idle.<\/p>\n
\nRoosevelt’s attempt to emasculate the post made Churchill more determined.<\/p>\n
\nA spy returning from an out-front foray brought news of a positive response.<\/p>\n
\nShe told the teenagers that such puerile behaviour would not be tolerated again.<\/p>\n
\nBoonen announced last week his audacious bid to go for Olympic glory.<\/p>\n
\nGeo Television aired a special chat-show which managed to trivialise the issue.<\/p>\n
\nI wouldn’t call myself a boozer, but when I hear of a new drink, I’m normally game.<\/p>\n
\nShe was standing with her back to the window, gazing at her as if she had seen an apparition.<\/p>\n
\nA cordon of security men made sure there were no prying eyes.<\/p>\n
\nHowever, relationships on board are frowned on, despite the strong camaraderie.<\/p>\n
\nIn legal education, the attraction of pro bono activity for students is immense.<\/p>\n
\nCollins spent the afternoon giving snide little clips to those within reach.<\/p>\n
\nHealth dept. was directed to nip dengue in the bud.<\/p>\n
\nInterferon project got a shot in the arm yesterday.<\/p>\n
\nI don’t think this was an accident. I smell a rat.<\/p>\n
\nPakistan are on song as Saeed Ajmal bowled six batsmen.<\/p>\n
\nPrime Minister Pervaiz Ashraf sticks to his guns on financial issues.<\/p>\n
\nKP coalition partners are not on same page as far as operation in Waziristan is concerned.<\/p>\n
\nThe robots are new, but the anxiety over automation is as old as Aristotle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"