屈 - yield, bend, flinch

persistence; fortitude; indomitability

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling; spineless

theory; reason; logic

narrow; tight; cramped

tedious; boring; dull; uninteresting; tiresome; monotonous

bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding

worry; care; concern

disgrace; humiliation

leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

double refraction; birefringence