be resolved
buckle down, die hard, go for broke, mind, never say die ,
bridge - Napoleon, Stradivarius, accumulate, acting area, agglutinate, all fours, alveolar ridge, amass, apron, apron stage, arch over, articulate, assemble, associate, backstage,
guiding principle - canon, code, commandment, convention, course, creed, dictum, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, guideline, guiding principles, imperative, law,
hierarchically - in order, in succession, in turn, step by step ,
shady dealings - Mafia, black market, gambling, narcotics traffic, organized crime, prostitution, protection racket, racket, syndicate, usury, white slavery ,
literacy - book learning, book madness, bookishness, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness, erudition, humanism, humanistic scholarship, intellectualism, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, pedantry,
foundation stone - cornerstone, headstone, keystone, quoin ,
cast up - add up, boost, buoy up, cipher up, count up, detail, elevate, erect, escalate, figure up, foot up, heave, heft, heighten, hike,
negligee - dishabille, undress, wrap, wrapper ,
indecorous - aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, cacophonous, chintzy, clumsy, coarse, criminal, crude, delinquent, deviant, discourteous,
non-perishable - deathless, immortal, imperishable, impregnable, incorruptible, indelible, indestructible, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inextinguishable, invincible, invulnerable, quenchless, undying, unquenchable ,
guiding principle - canon, code, commandment, convention, course, creed, dictum, form, formula, general principle, golden rule, guideline, guiding principles, imperative, law,
hierarchically - in order, in succession, in turn, step by step ,
shady dealings - Mafia, black market, gambling, narcotics traffic, organized crime, prostitution, protection racket, racket, syndicate, usury, white slavery ,
literacy - book learning, book madness, bookishness, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness, erudition, humanism, humanistic scholarship, intellectualism, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, pedantry,
foundation stone - cornerstone, headstone, keystone, quoin ,
cast up - add up, boost, buoy up, cipher up, count up, detail, elevate, erect, escalate, figure up, foot up, heave, heft, heighten, hike,
negligee - dishabille, undress, wrap, wrapper ,
indecorous - aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, cacophonous, chintzy, clumsy, coarse, criminal, crude, delinquent, deviant, discourteous,
non-perishable - deathless, immortal, imperishable, impregnable, incorruptible, indelible, indestructible, ineffaceable, ineradicable, inextinguishable, invincible, invulnerable, quenchless, undying, unquenchable ,