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pliable adj. 1 flexible, pliant, elastic, plastic, fictile, malleable,
workable, bendable, bendy, ductile, flexuous, supple; lithe,
limber: This substance remains pliable only while it is warm.
2 tractable, adaptable, flexible, pliant, compliant, persuadable
or persuasible, impressionable, susceptible, responsive,
receptive, docile, manageable, yielding: The other directors
may not be as pliable when it comes to improving employee
benefits.
plight n. condition, state, circumstances, situation, case;
difficulty, predicament, quandary, dilemma, catch-22, straits,
trouble, extremity, Colloq hole, jam, pickle, spot, scrape, fix,
bind, hot water, mess, fine kettle of fish, fine state of
affairs: As soon as Elliott's sorry plight became known, we all
rallied round to help.
plod v. 1 Often, plod along. trudge (along), tramp, slog, drag,
tread, lumber, labour, Colloq stomp, galumph: We plodded
wearily up the road carrying our heavy packs. 2 Often, plod
along or away. labour, work, drudge, toil, moil, slave (away),
grind (away or along), grub (on or along), plug (along or away),
Brit peg away (at) or along: Plodding through the compilation
of the Oxford Thesaurus, he was only halfway through the letter
P.
plot° n. 1 scheme, plan, intrigue, machination, cabal; conspiracy:
The plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament was uncovered at a
late stage. 2 story (line), chain of events, theme, outline,
scenario, thread, skeleton: Most operas have weak plots, but
the music can be sublime.
--v. 3 scheme, plan, intrigue, machinate, cabal, collude,
conspire, hatch, devise, design, arrange, organize, concoct,
dream up, conceive, Colloq cook up: Martin's wife had been
plotting to murder him since their wedding night. 4 draw, plan,
diagram, lay down, outline, calculate, compute, figure, chart,
map (out), find, determine, depict, show: The navigator plotted
our position as being in the Strait of Malacca.
plotý n. lot, plat, patch or parcel (of land), tract, acreage, area,
Brit allotment: I have a small plot by the canal which is ideal
for growing potatoes.