loosen up - amuse, beguile, beguile the time, convulse, delight, divert, drown care, ease off, enliven, entertain, exhilarate, fracture one, have a ball, have fun, kill,
be unflappable - hold fast, hold out, hold up, not budge, ride out, stand fast, stand pat, stay put, stick it out, weather, weather the storm ,
plunge into - accept, acquiesce, agree, assume, attack, attempt, bayonet, be agreeable to, be dying to, be eager, be game, be open to, be ready, be spoiling for, be willing,
fudge together - assemble, build, cast, compose, compound, concoct, construct, create, devise, elaborate, erect, evolve, extrude, fabricate, fashion,
send-off - adieu, alpha, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, edge, establishment, farewell, flying start, foundation, fresh start, institution, leave, oncoming,
childless - arid, barren, celibate, desert, desolate, drained, dried-up, dry, exhausted, fallow, fruitless, gaunt, gelded, impotent, ineffectual,
bonfire - backfire, beacon, blaze, combustion, conflagration, fire, flame, flicker, fox fire, ignition, pyre ,
justifier - advocate, apologist, champion, defender, pleader, proponent, vindicator ,
invidiousness - cussedness, devilment, devilry, envy, harmfulness, jealous, malice, malignancy, meanness, rivalry, wickedness ,
slow to act - canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, discreet, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, judicious, mindful, non-committal, on guard, politic,
be unflappable - hold fast, hold out, hold up, not budge, ride out, stand fast, stand pat, stay put, stick it out, weather, weather the storm ,
plunge into - accept, acquiesce, agree, assume, attack, attempt, bayonet, be agreeable to, be dying to, be eager, be game, be open to, be ready, be spoiling for, be willing,
fudge together - assemble, build, cast, compose, compound, concoct, construct, create, devise, elaborate, erect, evolve, extrude, fabricate, fashion,
send-off - adieu, alpha, blast off, commencement, creation, dawn, edge, establishment, farewell, flying start, foundation, fresh start, institution, leave, oncoming,
childless - arid, barren, celibate, desert, desolate, drained, dried-up, dry, exhausted, fallow, fruitless, gaunt, gelded, impotent, ineffectual,
bonfire - backfire, beacon, blaze, combustion, conflagration, fire, flame, flicker, fox fire, ignition, pyre ,
justifier - advocate, apologist, champion, defender, pleader, proponent, vindicator ,
invidiousness - cussedness, devilment, devilry, envy, harmfulness, jealous, malice, malignancy, meanness, rivalry, wickedness ,
slow to act - canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, deliberate, discreet, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, judicious, mindful, non-committal, on guard, politic,