Notoriety
- the state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed
The song has gained some notoriety in the press .
Coax
- persuade (someone) gradually or gently to do something .
The trainees were coaxed into doing boring work .
- obtain something from ( someone) by gradual or gentle persuasion
We coaxed our fare money out of my father
- arranged (something) carefully into a particular shape or position
Spur
- (n) a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward
- (n) a thing that prompts or encourages someone ; an incentive .
Wars act as a spur to practical invention .
- (v) urge ( a horse ) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides
She spurred her horse towards the hedge .
- (v) prune in ( a side shoot of a plant ) so as to form a spur close to the stem .
Spur back the lateral shoots .
Scarcely
-only just ; almost not ;
Her voice is so low I can scarcely hear what she is saying .
Plummet
-(v) fall or drop straight down at high speed .
A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully .
- (n) a steep and rapid fall or drop
The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet .
- (n) a plumb or plumb line
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