Vocabs Aug 18 2018

Rein is both a noun and a verb for guiding and restraining. You can use the long strap, or rein, on a horse to control its speed and direction, and you can rein in your own tongue by closing your mouth.

Halter - a strap or rope placed around the head of a horse or other animal, used for leading or tethering it.

A contentious issue is one that people are likely to argue about, and a contentious person is someone who likes to argue or fight

a span of time in which a person is occupied with a particular job or in a particular place

expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary in an attempt to economize.

Use the adjective resolute to describe a purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something very much, and won't let anything get in the way.

If you’re indecisive, you have a hard time making decisions. When you finally do make a decision, you may not be confident about it, or you might change your mind.

The process of carefully considering what to do is called deliberation, like your deliberation before making one of the most important decisions in your life.

Cogitation is meditation or deep thinking. Big decisions should be made after cogitation. If people bug you while you’re thinking, impress them by telling them to wait until you’re done with your cogitation. When you’re done, you might shout, “Eureka!

The outer, marginal, or extreme part of an area, group, or sphere of activity is referred to as fringes

Edge is the outside limit of an object, area, or surface

the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

Something has overtones of a thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it

The most prominent position is referred to as the centre-stage

Remoteness means small in degree or distant in manner