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Tenuous

Adjective
Meaning

• Thin or slender in form, as a thread.
• Lacking a sound basis, as reasoning, unsubstantiated, weak
• Thin in consistency, rare or rarefied.
• Of slight importance or significance, unsubstantial.

Ostracize

Verb
 Meaning

• To exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.
• To banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate.
• To banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.

Irascible

Adjective
Meaning

• Easily provoked to anger; very irritable
• Characterized or produced by anger.

Underpin

Verb
Meaning

• To prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
• To replace or strengthen the foundation of (a building or the like).
• To furnish a foundation for; corroborate.

Haggle

Verb
 Meaning

• to bargain in a petty, quibbling, and often contentious manner
• to wrangle, dispute, or cavil.