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bucket, hold on, make a killing, operate, play the market, plunge, pyramid, scalp, speculate, venture ,

   burnish - buff, dress, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, lustre, polish, rub, rub up, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour,

   papacy - Lordship, archbishopric, aristocracy, bishopric, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorship, consulate, consulship, deanery, dictatorship, directorship, emirate, episcopacy, governorship,

   evaluative criticism - analysing, appraisal, appreciation, assessment, estimate, estimation, evaluation, gauging, measurement, opinion, ranking, rating, reckoning, view ,

   dyed-in-the-wool - absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, born, broad-based, chronic, clean, clear, colour-fast, comprehensive, confirmed, congenital, constant,

   trademark name - brand, cachet, check, colophon, docket, hallmark, imprint, label, letterhead, logotype, masthead, plate, price tag, running head, seal,

   restore self-respect - amend, reclaim, redeem, reform, regenerate, remodel, renew, reshape, set straight ,

   diplomatist - Machiavellian, adept, ambassador, artisan, artist, authority, chancellor, connoisseur, consul, consultant, crack shot, craftsman, dead shot, diplomat, elder statesman,

   stethoscope - amplifier, instrument, syringe ,

   kleptomaniac - fraudulent, thief, thieving ,

   self-working - automated, automatic, self-acting, self-adjusting, self-controlled, self-governing, self-regulating, self-winding, semi-automatic, spontaneous ,