grandstand



beacon, belvedere, bleachers, bridge, conning tower, gallery, gazebo, hot dog, lighthouse, lookout, loophole, observation post, observatory, outlook, overlook,

   it - I, alter, alter ego, better self, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, him, himself, inner man, inner self, me, my humble self,

   impulse buying - buy, consumerism, hire purchase, marketing, purchasing power, shopping ,

   stellar photometry - astronomy, astrophysics, spectroscopy, stargazing ,

   refuse to recognize - cut, dismiss, disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook, pass by, pass up, slight ,

   garishness - affectation, big talk, blatancy, convolution, dash, dazzle, extravagance, extravaganza, flamboyance, flatulence, gaiety, gaudiness, glare, glitter, inflation,

   misshape - blemish, cleft palate, club-foot, contort, deface, deform, deformity, disfigure, disfigurement, distort, distortion, flatfoot, freak, grimace, harelip,

   silk-stocking politics - Realpolitik, Tammany Hall, bossism, partisan politics, polity ,

   hit like lightning - ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend upon, fall upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry,

   ablate - abate, abrade, absorb, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be eaten away, bleed white, break up, burn up, chafe, come apart, consume, consume away,

   euphemism - affectation, affectedness, amelioration, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, cushioning, elegance, exquisiteness, formalism, formality, goody-goodness, indirect, mannerism, mild,