Definitions

ashake

[uh-sheyk] / əˈʃeɪk /

ADJECTIVE

shaky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insecure jittery nervous precarious rickety rocky unsettled unstable unsteady weak wobbly

WEAK

all aquiver aquake aquiver faltering fluctuant infirm jellylike jerry-built not set quaking quivery rattletrap rootless shaking tottering tottery tremorous tremulous tumbledown unfirm unsound unsure vacillating wavering yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brave certain confident definite firm guarded happy protected safe secure sound stable steady strong sure

WEAK

indubious unshaky unwavering

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"All these new paths lead to Xinjiang," says Jumagul Ashake, an ethnic Kyrgyz Chinese who, though the granddaughter of shepherds, works for a trading firm in the province's historic second city, Kashgar.

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