noun. The act of making a plot.

noun. In soapmaking, the operation of forming the paste into cakes by means of heavy pressure.

verb. Present participle of plot.

noun. The act of scheming or making plots; machination.

""Though the plotting is a bit predictable, the female characters are sharply observed and delineated, and the humorous tone will be an appealing surprise.""

allotting  blotting  botting  clotting  dotting  

Byzantine  Machiavellian  artifice  cabal  calculating  

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