guile



acuteness, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, cageyness, canniness, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, dissemblance,

   wound - abrade, abrasion, abscess, abuse, ache, aching, afflict, affront, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, barb the dart, bark, bed sore,

   hired car - bus, hack, mail coach, omnibus, stage, taxi ,

   needleworker - cutter, finisher, sewer, tailor, worker ,

   cumulate - accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, amass, assemble, backlog, batch, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up, clump, cluster, collect,

   ligament - bone, braid, cable, cartilage, cord, knot, ligation, ligature, line, link, nexus, rope, spun yarn, string, tendon,

   pull strings - act on, angle, approach, bear upon, contrive, draw, draw on, engineer, exert influence, finagle, gerrymander, get cosy with, intrigue, jockey, lead on,

   no way - apathy, cave of despair, despair, desperateness, desperation, despondency, forget it, forlornness, nix, no exit, no way out, nope, not a chance, not much, nothing doing,

   be obliged - appreciate, become, befit, must, need, should ,

   demon worshipper - Druid, idolater, sorcerer ,

   give absolution - absolve, acquit, clear, decontaminate, discharge, dismiss, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, justify, let go, let off,