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chaff, dump on, fleer, flout, gibe, jab, jape, jeer, mock, put down, rail at, rally, revile, scoff, scout,









   motivate - activate, actuate, animate, arouse, bring, bring about, bring on, cajole, call forth, cause, coax, compel, contrive, draw down, draw on,

   stag party - ball, blow-out, costume party, dinner, entertainment, festivity, house-warming, mask, masque, masquerade, party, shindig, shower, smoker, stag ,

   protest too much - allege, avow, claim, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, know no bounds, overact, overdo, overdrive, overemphasize, overexercise, overexert,

   parlour grand - Steinway, baby grand, clavichord, grand, harpsichord, piano, pianoforte, spinet, upright ,

   confirming - positive, supporting, supportive ,

   proliferation - access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom,

   sound like - ape, appear, appear like, approach, approximate, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, come close, come near, compare with, copy,

   ergot - belladonna, drug, fungus, hemlock ,

   footballer - archer, athlete, ballplayer, batter, battery, catcher, centre, coach, competitor, end, guard, jock, jumper, linesman, outfield,

   red-blooded - beefy, bouncing, brawny, dynamic, forceful, forcible, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, hale, hard, hardy, hearty, hefty,