Tranche
Tranche refers to a division or portion of a whole.
// A tranche of leaked documents was delivered to the newspaper anonymously, with more promised to come.
Tranche refers to a division or portion of a whole.
// A tranche of leaked documents was delivered to the newspaper anonymously, with more promised to come.
Rash describes something done or made quickly and without thought about what will happen as a result. It can also describe someone who is doing something rash.
// I later regretted having made such a rash promise in a moment of chaos.
// Don't be rash about this decision. Take your time.
To immure something is to enclose it within or as if within walls. Immure is also sometimes used synonymously with imprison.
// Scientists at the research station in Antarctica are immured by the frozen wild that surrounds them.
A gambit is something done or said in order to gain an advantage or to produce a desired effect.
// The workers’ opening gambit in the negotiations was to demand a wage hike.
1. make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
2. make more beautiful
3. add details to
4. be beautiful to look at
To hector someone is to criticize or question them in a threatening way.
// The judge ordered the attorney to stop hectoring the witness.
Vaunted describes someone or something that is often spoken of or described as very good or great.
// The team’s vaunted defense faltered in the second half of the game.
Deem is a somewhat formal word used when someone comes to think something or to have something as an opinion after some consideration.
// The covered bridge was closed to automobile traffic for the winter because town officials deemed it a hazard to motorists.