actuality



accomplished fact, achievement, actualization, attainment, authenticity, basis, being, embodiment, essence, eternal verities, fact, factuality, fait accompli, good sooth, grim reality,









   shift off - adjourn, beg the question, continue, defer, delay, dodge, drag out, duck, equivocate, extend, fence, hang fire, hang up, hedge, hem and haw,

   stratum - band, bed, bedding, belt, blood, bracket, branch, caste, category, clan, class, course, deck, division, estate,

   agitating - breathtaking, charged, disquieting, disturbing, exciting, exhilarating, galvanic, heady, impressive, incitement, inflammatory, intoxicating, jarring, jolting, maddening,

   undergraduate - autodidactic, bookish, cadet, college-bred, collegiate, freshman, graduate, junior, learned, midshipman, postgraduate, schoolgirlish, senior, sophomore, sophomoric,

   thulium - gold, iron, lead, metal, silver ,

   joint-stock association - business, cartel, chamber of commerce, combine, company, concern, conglomerate, consortium, corporation, enterprise, firm, holding company, house, industry, partnership,

   perfect lady - diamond, gem, gentleman, good fellow, honest man, jewel, lady, pearl, prince, right sort, rough diamond, worthy ,

   wait for - abide, await, bide, expect, lie in wait, look, mark time, stay, sweat, sweat it out, wait, wait on, watch ,

   oilcloth - corduroy, cotton, fabric, nylon ,

   be killed - OD, asphyxiate, choke, drown, fall, farm, perish, smother, starve, strangle, suffocate ,