A | B |
confound | confuse; mix up; bewilder; defeat; thwart; conquer |
contradict | say the opposite; deny; dispute; disagree with; challenge |
lure | persuade by offering something that seems; pleasant; attract |
resist | oppose; refuse to give in; avoid; survive |
scheme | make a secret plan designed to cause harm, conspire; plot |
use tricky tactics | methods used to bring something about plans; strategies |
be defiant | confronting and challenging; deliberately disobedient; rebellious |
be a nuisance | annoying person or thing; irritation; pain |
claim to be supreme | above all others in power in pwer or authority; best; greatest |
mutter | grumbel; complain; gripe; say something under one's breath |
quiver | shake rapidly with small movements; tremble; shiver |
repent | be sorry for what one has done; regret; ask for forgiveness |
retreat | back away from danger or a confrontation; run away |
rue | be remorseful; fell regret or sorrow for something in the past |
shudder | shiver violently; vibrate; shake |
submit | surrender; give in; yield; agree to |
be banished | exiled from a place; driven out |
be chastened | punished; reprimanded; censured; humbled by suffering |