assemblage
aggregate, all, all and sundry, all sorts, alliance, alpha and omega, assembly, assembly line, assembly-line production, association, assortment, axis, band, be-all, be-all and end-all,
reduce - abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abrade, abridge, abstract, acidify, adjust, adjust to, adulterate, afflict, alkalise, allay, alleviate,
make impossible - bar, close out, disqualify, prohibit, rule out ,
oppose change - do nothing, leave alone, let alone, let be, stand pat, stand still ,
sound the keynote - characterize, define, demarcate, describe, differentiate, distinguish, earmark, keynote, mark, mark off, set apart ,
contract - OD, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accept obligation, accord, acquire, affair, affiance, afflict, agree, agree to, agreement, answer for, arrangement,
county commissioner - alderman, chancellor, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councilman, elder, headman, legislator, magistrate, mayor, minister, minister of state, reeve,
teary - bathetic, beery, blubbering, cloying, crying, dissolved in tears, gooey, gushing, in tears, lachrymal, lachrymose, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, namby-pamby,
gaping chasm - crisis, emergency, gathering clouds, hazard, house of cards, imperilment, jeopardy, menace, pass, peril, pinch, plight, predicament, quicksand, risk,
trial marriage - bigamy, free love, monogamy, polyandry, polygamy ,
watch meeting - church, devotions, duty, evensong, liturgy, matins, meeting, novena, office, prayer, prime, revival, service, vesper, vigil ,
make impossible - bar, close out, disqualify, prohibit, rule out ,
oppose change - do nothing, leave alone, let alone, let be, stand pat, stand still ,
sound the keynote - characterize, define, demarcate, describe, differentiate, distinguish, earmark, keynote, mark, mark off, set apart ,
contract - OD, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accept obligation, accord, acquire, affair, affiance, afflict, agree, agree to, agreement, answer for, arrangement,
county commissioner - alderman, chancellor, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councilman, elder, headman, legislator, magistrate, mayor, minister, minister of state, reeve,
teary - bathetic, beery, blubbering, cloying, crying, dissolved in tears, gooey, gushing, in tears, lachrymal, lachrymose, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, namby-pamby,
gaping chasm - crisis, emergency, gathering clouds, hazard, house of cards, imperilment, jeopardy, menace, pass, peril, pinch, plight, predicament, quicksand, risk,
trial marriage - bigamy, free love, monogamy, polyandry, polygamy ,
watch meeting - church, devotions, duty, evensong, liturgy, matins, meeting, novena, office, prayer, prime, revival, service, vesper, vigil ,

