BEDEVILMENT

badgering, worrying, torment, bedevilment

(noun) the act of harassing someone

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bedevilment (countable and uncountable, plural bedevilments)

The characteristic of being bedeviled.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*dev"il*ment, n.

Definition: The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PERESTROIKA

(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy


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