portend, prognosticate, prescient
indifferent, remiss, disregard, apathy
reluctant, silent, tacit, taciturn, bashful, timid, diffident
invent, launch, pioneer, initiate
practical, efficient, utilitarian, expedient
concession, accommodation, expose to danger, make vulnerable, weaken
practical, pragmatic, feasible, appropriate
supplicate, pray, call, declare, appeal, petition, beseech, implore, entreat, plead, request, summon / apply, enforc
chicanery, artifice, trickery, deception
timorous, sheepish, bashful, reserved, hesitant, unconfident