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pliable adj. 1 flexible, pliant, elastic, plastic, fictile, malleable,<br />

workable, bendable, bendy, ductile, flexuous, supple; lithe,<br />

limber: This substance remains pliable only while it is warm.<br />

2 tractable, adaptable, flexible, pliant, compliant, persuadable<br />

or persuasible, impressionable, susceptible, responsive,<br />

receptive, docile, manageable, yielding: The other directors<br />

may not be as pliable when it comes to improving employee<br />

benefits.<br />

plight n. condition, state, circumstances, situation, case;<br />

difficulty, predicament, quandary, dilemma, catch-22, straits,<br />

trouble, extremity, Colloq hole, jam, pickle, spot, scrape, fix,<br />

bind, hot water, mess, fine kettle of fish, fine state of<br />

affairs: As soon as Elliott's sorry plight became known, we all<br />

rallied round to help.<br />

plod<br />

plot°<br />

v. 1 Often, plod along. trudge (along), tramp, slog, drag,<br />

tread, lumber, labour, Colloq stomp, galumph: We plodded<br />

wearily up the road carrying our heavy packs. 2 Often, plod<br />

along or away. labour, work, drudge, toil, moil, slave (away),<br />

grind (away or along), grub (on or along), plug (along or away),<br />

Brit peg away (at) or along: Plodding through the compilation<br />

of the Oxford Thesaurus, he was only halfway through the letter<br />

P.<br />

n. 1 scheme, plan, intrigue, machination, cabal; conspiracy:<br />

The plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament was uncovered at a<br />

late stage. 2 story (line), chain of events, theme, outline,<br />

scenario, thread, skeleton: Most operas have weak plots, but<br />

the music can be sublime.<br />

--v. 3 scheme, plan, intrigue, machinate, cabal, collude,<br />

conspire, hatch, devise, design, arrange, organize, concoct,<br />

dream up, conceive, Colloq cook up: Martin's wife had been<br />

plotting to murder him since their wedding night. 4 draw, plan,<br />

diagram, lay down, outline, calculate, compute, figure, chart,<br />

map (out), find, determine, depict, show: The navigator plotted<br />

our position as being in the Strait of Malacca.<br />

plotý<br />

n. lot, plat, patch or parcel (of land), tract, acreage, area,<br />

Brit allotment: I have a small plot by the canal which is ideal<br />

for growing potatoes.

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