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::: sidetrack - switch (a railroad car) to a siding; divert from a main issue; N. CF. siding: short section of railroad track connected by switches with a main track
::: equivocate - use equivocal language to deceive people; lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth; N. equivocation
::: cower - shrink quivering as from fear; cringe
::: smirk - conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.
::: migrant - changing its habitat; wandering; Ex. migrant birds/workers; N: one that migrates
::: undertaker - funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials
::: totter - shake or move unsteadily; sway as if about to fall
::: pretext - excuse
::: irony - hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean; use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning
::: hindrance - block; obstacle; V. hinder