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Precarious

Depending on the will or pleasure of another; held by courtesy; liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another; as, precarious privileges.

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Dangerous 84% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Dangerous 84% connected

Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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Insecure 84% connected

Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.

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Insecure 84% connected

Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss.

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Uneasy 84% connected

Not easy; difficult.

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Uneasy 84% connected

Not easy; difficult.

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Uncertainty 74% connected

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Uncertainty 74% connected

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Parlous 92% connected

Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.

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Perilous 92% connected

Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shaky 92% connected

Shaking or trembling; as, a shaky spot in a marsh; a shaky hand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unstable 92% connected

Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Adaptability noun · 78% connection

the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances

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Allurement noun · 78% connection

That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of…

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Amissible adjective · 78% connection

Liable to be lost.

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Anchored adjective · 78% connection

Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as, an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue.

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Answerable adjective · 78% connection

Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an…

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Antelucan adjective · 78% connection

Held or being before light; -- a word applied to assemblies of Christians, in ancient times of persecution, held before light in the m…

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Attention noun · 78% connection

An act of civility or courtesy; care for the comfort and pleasure of others; as, attentions paid to a stranger.

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

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Catholicity noun · 78% connection

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

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Clamp noun · 78% connection

An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

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Commendam noun · 78% connection

A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so…

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Confine verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Courteous adjective · 78% connection

Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affabl…

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Cyrenaicism noun · 78% connection

(philosophy) The doctrine of Cyrenaics that people should ultimately aim at the pleasure of the present moment, disregarding future pa…

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Deprivable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.

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Enfranchise verb · 78% connection

To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the…

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Enjoy verb · 78% connection

To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to e…

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