Day 73 (Back To Regular Posting !)
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Dicker : Haggle; to trade by bargaining.
To dicker over the price of vegetables.
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Acuity : Keenness in perception or thought; sharpness.
Acuity of vision.
Acuity to understand complex numerical problems.
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Inveigle: To persuade or entice by guile.
To inveigle someone into a bad habit.
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Tinsel: Sparkling material.
The christmas tree glittered with tinsel in the midst of the darkness.
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Gamut: Complete range.
The course runs the gamut from quants to vocab.
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Parlous: Perilious; dangerous; risky.
The Nandigram district is in a parlous condition.
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Fritter: To waste something bit by bit.
He fritted the money over trifle things until he realised he had nothing left.





