assertively



absolutely, decidedly, emphatically, positively ,

   ice barrier - berg, calf, floe, glacier, glaze, ice, ice pack, iceberg, icicle, sleet, slob, sludge ,

   source - adviser, ambition, announcer, annunciator, antecedent, aspiration, author, authority, authorship, basis, beginning, birthplace, bonanza, calling, cause,

   deflower - abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, betray, canker, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, deceive, defile,

   contract - OD, abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accept obligation, accord, acquire, affair, affiance, afflict, agree, agree to, agreement, answer for, arrangement,

   twined - fretted, interlaced, intertwined, interwoven, laced, plaited, textile, woven, wreathed ,

   enlivened - aboveground, alive, alive and kicking, among the living, animate, animated, breathing, capable of life, conscious, endowed with life, existent, in the flesh, inspirited, instinct with life, live,

   bring to fruition - accomplish, achieve, act, bring about, cause, complete, do, effectuate, eke out, engineer, execute, fill in, fill out, fulfil, industrialize,

   drain of colour - blanch, bleach, dim, discolour, drain, dull, fade, fume, pale, peroxide, tarnish, tone down, wash out, whiten ,

   lectern - bar, bench, board, buffet, counter, desk, pulpit, rostrum, stand, table, workbench ,

   reassure - afford hope, ascertain, assure, augur well, bear up, bid fair, bolster, brace, brace up, buck up, buoy up, certify, cheer, cinch, clear up,