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111'Damocles — , DAMOCLEAN The story of the sword of Damocles, told by the Roman orator Cicero, points out that perils and responsibilities often accompany royalty. It also symbolizes the uncertainty of human greatness and life in general. When we say… …
112touch-and-go — adjective his recovery is touch and go Syn: uncertain, precarious, risky, chancy, hazardous, dangerous, critical, suspenseful, cliffhanging, hanging by a thread; informal dicey Ant: certain …
113insecure — adj 1. unsafe, unsound, unstable, untrustworthy, unreliable; precarious, dangerous, perilous, hazardous, ticklish, risky, chancy, slippery, hanging by a thread, Sl. hairy. 2. vulnerable, open, susceptible, assailable, unprotected, defenseless;… …
114precarious — adj 1. uncertain, unsure, unpredictable, erratic, fickle, capricious, changeable; unsafe, unsound, unstable, unsecure, infirm, unsteady, shaky, rickety, tottery; touch and go, trembling in the balance, hanging by a thread. 2. doubtful, dubious,… …
115rickety — adj 1. shaky, unsteady, unstable, unsound, unfixed, unsecure, unsafe, precarious, hanging by a thread; tottering, teetering, doddering. 2. infirm, feeble, frail; withered, wasted, worn out; unhealthy, in poor health, on the decline, reduced to… …
116slippery — adj 1. slick, oily, greasy; smooth, sleek, glassy, glossy, skiddy, icy; soapy, waxed, buttery, unc tuous, lubricated, lubricous, mucous, synovial. 2. hard to grasp, hard to hold, transient, transitory, passing; temporal, ephemeral, fleeting,… …
117unsafe — adj 1. dangerous, fraught with danger, perilous, hazardous, jeopardous, Archaic. parlous, treacherous; threatening, menacing, minatory, minacious, ominous, sinister; risky, chancy, uncertain, Sl. hairy, Chiefly Scot. unchancy, Sl. dicey, touch… …
118precarious — [adj] tricky, doubtful ambiguous, borderline, chancy, contingent, dangerous, delicate, dicey*, dubious, dynamite, equivocal, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, impugnable, indecisive, insecure, loaded, on thin ice*, open, out on a… …
119risky — [adj] dangerous chancy, delicate, dicey*, endangered, fraught with danger*, going for broke*, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, insecure, jeopardous, long shot*, not a prayer*, off the deep end*, on slippery ground*, on the spot*,… …
120uncertain — [adj] doubtful, changeable ambiguous, ambivalent, chancy, conjectural, dubious, erratic, fitful, hanging by a thread*, hazy, hesitant, iffy*, incalculable, inconstant, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, irregular, irresolute, on… …
