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cipher, common man, dummy, figurehead, lightweight, little fellow, mediocrity, nobody, nonentity, nothing, obscurity, punk, runt, scrub, shrimp,

   prefer a petition - apply, call on, memorialise, petition, pray, sue ,

   defective number - cardinal, fraction, infinity, integer, ordinal, pair, real, surd ,

   determinedly - decidedly, earnestly, firmly, hammer and tongs, hard, heart and soul, intently, persistently, resolutely, seriously, staunchly, steadily, surely, tooth and nail ,

   tomcat - alley cat, billy, billy goat, blue cat, boar, bubbly-jock, buck, bull, bullock, calico cat, cat, chanticleer, cock, cockerel, dog,

   green-eyed monster - envy, heartburn, jaundice, jaundiced eye ,

   variegated pattern - check, chequerboard, harlequin, mosaic, parquet, patchwork, plaid, tartan ,

   interceder - agent, broker, connection, deputy, entrepreneur, front, front man, go between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, mediator, medium, middleman, mouthpiece,

   sufferance - acceptance, allowance, authorization, connivance, consent, endurance, forbearance, forbearing, fortitude, indulgence, leave, lenience, leniency, long-sufferance, long-suffering,

   shaped note - accidental, crotchet, dominant, flat, minim, natural, note, quarter note, quaver, report, sharp, staccato, tone, triplet ,

   melt into one - add, amalgamate, assimilate, blend, coalesce, combine, come together, compound, comprise, connect, consolidate, embody, encompass, flux, fuse,