sophistry - acuteness, aesthetics, ambiguity, argument, argument by analogy, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, axiology, bad case, begging the question, cageyness, canniness, casuistry,
give token - affect, argue, bespeak, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring out, characterize, connote, dangle, demonstrate, denote, develop,
steel mill - forge, furnace, metalworks, mill, steelworks ,
intensifying - crescent, cumulative, expanding, growing, lengthening, multiplying, swelling, tightening ,
at a clip - all together, as one, concurrently, in unison, simultaneously, together ,
corrosiveness - acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, anger, asperity, bad temper, bile, bitterness, choler, discontent, gall, keenness, mordancy, sarcasm,
discern - anticipate, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, behold, catch sight of, clap eyes on, come alive,
proportions - amplitude, area, body, breadth, bulk, calibrate, calibre, depth, diameter, dimension, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, gauge,
move back - back down, back out, disengage, draw back, fall back, give ground, go back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw ,
constructive change - accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, betterment, break, change of heart, conversion, defection, degeneration, deterioration, deviation, difference,
give token - affect, argue, bespeak, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring out, characterize, connote, dangle, demonstrate, denote, develop,
steel mill - forge, furnace, metalworks, mill, steelworks ,
intensifying - crescent, cumulative, expanding, growing, lengthening, multiplying, swelling, tightening ,
at a clip - all together, as one, concurrently, in unison, simultaneously, together ,
corrosiveness - acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, anger, asperity, bad temper, bile, bitterness, choler, discontent, gall, keenness, mordancy, sarcasm,
discern - anticipate, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, behold, catch sight of, clap eyes on, come alive,
proportions - amplitude, area, body, breadth, bulk, calibrate, calibre, depth, diameter, dimension, expanse, expansion, extension, extent, gauge,
move back - back down, back out, disengage, draw back, fall back, give ground, go back, pull back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw ,
constructive change - accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, amelioration, apostasy, betterment, break, change of heart, conversion, defection, degeneration, deterioration, deviation, difference,