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Spartan, adamant, astringent, austere, authoritarian, black, bleak, cast-iron, cheerless, cold, crabbed, dark, dejected, demanding, dismal,









   waltz - breeze, clog, dance, foot, fox trot, hoof, hop, hustle, jig, prance, shake, shuffle, skip, trip, zip ,

   approximative - approaching, approximate, attracted, case, close, coming, comparable, forthcoming, geodetic, homologous, imminent, imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact,

   that is so - amen, quite, rather, right ,

   partake of - amount, ape, approach, approximate, bring to mind, call up, chip in, compare, consult, contribute, copy, correspond, counterfeit, devour, diet,

   contrive - angle, arrange, be so, be such, breed, bring, bring forth, bring into being, bring on, calculate, call forth, call into being, cast, clear, clear the hurdle,

   sure success - cinch, natural, sure thing, winner ,

   misrepresentation - canard, colouring, confabulation, corruption, distortion, equivocation, exaggeration, false colouring, false swearing, falsehood, falsification, falsifying, falsity, fib, lie,

   assist - abet, accompany, act for, advance, aid, assistance, attend, avail, bail out, be instrumental, bear a hand, befriend, benefit, boost, comfort,

   kicker - astonishment, bellyacher, blockbuster, blow, bomb, bombshell, boundary condition, catch, clause, complainant, complainer, condition, crab, crank, croaker,

   cumulative voting - aye, ballot, canvass, colonization, division, floating, franchise, nay, no, plebiscite, poll, proportional representation, proxy, referendum, representation,