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bemused collapse: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"

politician collapse: a person active in party politics; a leader engaged in civil administration; a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in sly or underhanded ways

motivate collapse: give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

weight collapse: an artifact that is heavy; sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms; the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity; the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"; an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"; (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

spoor collapse: the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"

intrigue collapse: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends; a clandestine love affair; cause to be interested or curious

paramountcy collapse: the state of being paramount; the highest rank or authority

strategic collapse: highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions"; relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon"; "the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic considerations"

discriminating collapse: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye of the connoisseur"

persuade collapse: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

jurisdiction collapse: in law; the territory within which power can be exercised

girlish collapse: befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"

flustered collapse: thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

diaphanous collapse: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

tactical collapse: of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error"

charm collapse: something believed to bring good luck; (physics) one of the six flavors of quark; induce into action by using one's charm; "She charmed him into giving her all his money"; protect through supernatural powers or charms; control by magic spells, as by practicing witchcraft

containment collapse: the act of containing; keeping something from spreading; "the containment of the AIDS epidemic"; "the containment of the rebellion"; (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor; a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate peacefully; "containment of communist expansion was a central principle of United States' foreign policy from 1947 to the 1975"

mellow collapse: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"; having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"; having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"; make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"; become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"; soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

court collapse: respectful deference; "pay court to the emperor"; an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"; a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played; "players had to reserve a court in advance"; a room in which a lawcourt sits; "television cameras were admitted in the courtroom"; the residence of a sovereign or nobleman; "the king will visit the duke's court"; the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state; the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince; an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business; Australian woman tennis player who won many major championships (born in 1947); engage in social activities leading to marriage; "We were courting for over ten years"

internationalism collapse: the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences

conscientious collapse: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"; guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; "a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice"

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