nuance - allegory, allusion, amount, arcane meaning, assumption, calibre, colouration, compass, connotation, contradistinction, cut, dash, degree, delicacy, delicate distinction,
trowel - buffer, iron, ladle, sander, smoother ,
forlorn of - bankrupt, bare of, bereft, deprived of, devoid, empty of, lacking, missing, needing, out of, out of pocket, scant, short, short of, shy,
glance over - browse, dip into, run over, run through, scan, skim, thumb through ,
freeborn - afoot and light-hearted, at large, at liberty, clear, detached, disengaged, easygoing, emancipated, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy, free as air, freed, go-as-you-please,
blockaded - barred, beleaguered, beset, bound, cloistered, confined, cramped, enclosed, hemmed in, immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, jailed, penned, quarantined,
creditor - bill collector, collection agent, dun, mortgagee ,
perihelion - apogee, circle, conjugation, conjunction, connection, contiguity, ecliptic, equator, equinox, great circle, junction, juxtaposition, longitude, meridian, orbit,
shortening - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, astringency, attrition, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, clipping, compression, concentration, condensation, consolidation, conspectus, constriction,
pillager - bandit, bummer, looter, marauder, plunderer, raider, ravager, ravisher, vandal, wrecker ,
trowel - buffer, iron, ladle, sander, smoother ,
forlorn of - bankrupt, bare of, bereft, deprived of, devoid, empty of, lacking, missing, needing, out of, out of pocket, scant, short, short of, shy,
glance over - browse, dip into, run over, run through, scan, skim, thumb through ,
freeborn - afoot and light-hearted, at large, at liberty, clear, detached, disengaged, easygoing, emancipated, footloose, footloose and fancy-free, free, free and easy, free as air, freed, go-as-you-please,
blockaded - barred, beleaguered, beset, bound, cloistered, confined, cramped, enclosed, hemmed in, immured, imprisoned, incarcerated, jailed, penned, quarantined,
creditor - bill collector, collection agent, dun, mortgagee ,
perihelion - apogee, circle, conjugation, conjunction, connection, contiguity, ecliptic, equator, equinox, great circle, junction, juxtaposition, longitude, meridian, orbit,
shortening - abbreviation, abridgement, abstract, astringency, attrition, bottleneck, cervix, circumscription, clipping, compression, concentration, condensation, consolidation, conspectus, constriction,
pillager - bandit, bummer, looter, marauder, plunderer, raider, ravager, ravisher, vandal, wrecker ,

