distemper - abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, anarchism, anarchy, anthrax, atrophy, bacterial disease, bighead, birth defect, black quarter,
insincere argument - claptrap, fallacy, moonshine, solecism, sophism, sophistry, weak point ,
lam - batter, beat, beat it, blow, breakout, decamp, dog it, drub, duck and run, duck out, flight, getaway, hammer, make off, paste,
sun-baked - baked, burnt, dehydrated, desiccated, dried, dried-up, evaporated, mummified, parched, scorched, sear, seared, sere, shrivelled, sun-dried,
as a whole - across the board, all, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, at large, bodily, broadly, by and large, chiefly, collectively, commonly, en bloc, entirely,
cutback - cheeseparing, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cut, economization, economizing, low growth rate, pull-back, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, retrenchment, roll-back, saving,
break jail - bail out, break away, break loose, cut loose, escape, evade, flee, fly the coop, get away, get out, get out of, jump, skip ,
transfix - auger, balance, ballast, bayonet, bewitch, bite, bore, broach, counterbalance, countersink, dagger, dirk, drill, electrify, enchant,
offertory - Gloria, Negro spiritual, alleluia, alms, alms fee, answer, anthem, antiphon, burnt offering, cantata, canticle, chant, charity, chorale, church music,
light-heartedness - airiness, bounce, buoyancy, levity, lightness, mirth, pertness, resilience ,
insincere argument - claptrap, fallacy, moonshine, solecism, sophism, sophistry, weak point ,
lam - batter, beat, beat it, blow, breakout, decamp, dog it, drub, duck and run, duck out, flight, getaway, hammer, make off, paste,
sun-baked - baked, burnt, dehydrated, desiccated, dried, dried-up, evaporated, mummified, parched, scorched, sear, seared, sere, shrivelled, sun-dried,
as a whole - across the board, all, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, at large, bodily, broadly, by and large, chiefly, collectively, commonly, en bloc, entirely,
cutback - cheeseparing, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cut, economization, economizing, low growth rate, pull-back, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, retrenchment, roll-back, saving,
break jail - bail out, break away, break loose, cut loose, escape, evade, flee, fly the coop, get away, get out, get out of, jump, skip ,
transfix - auger, balance, ballast, bayonet, bewitch, bite, bore, broach, counterbalance, countersink, dagger, dirk, drill, electrify, enchant,
offertory - Gloria, Negro spiritual, alleluia, alms, alms fee, answer, anthem, antiphon, burnt offering, cantata, canticle, chant, charity, chorale, church music,
light-heartedness - airiness, bounce, buoyancy, levity, lightness, mirth, pertness, resilience ,