hard-and-fast
absolute, binding, compulsory, conclusive, decisive, entailed, final, hard and fast, imperative, imposed, irrevocable, mandated, mandatory, must, obligatory,
positively - OK, Roger, absolutely, actually, affirmatively, all right, alright, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assertively, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye,
roll into one - accumulate, add, amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, cement, chain,
calumny - abuse, animadversion, back biting, backstabbing, belittlement, bitchiness, calumniation, cattiness, contumely, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, invective, libel, obloquy,
polish up - brush up, cram, fix, freshen, furbish, get up, polish, refresh the memory, renovate, repair, retouch, review, revive, shine, spruce up,
membership - admissibility, admission, affiliation, assimilation, associates, association, companionship, company, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, constituency, cooperation, coverage, eligibility,
drag out - adjourn, amble, arouse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, continue, crawl, creep, dawdle, deduce,
non-attendance - AWOL, French leave, absence, absence without leave, absenteeism, absenting, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough,
break of - break, cure, stop, wean ,
torsional - circuitous, circumlocutory, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, roundabout, ruffled, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, turning, twisting, twisty,
simulate - act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bluff,
roll into one - accumulate, add, amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, blend, bond, bracket, bridge, cement, chain,
calumny - abuse, animadversion, back biting, backstabbing, belittlement, bitchiness, calumniation, cattiness, contumely, defamation, depreciation, disparagement, invective, libel, obloquy,
polish up - brush up, cram, fix, freshen, furbish, get up, polish, refresh the memory, renovate, repair, retouch, review, revive, shine, spruce up,
membership - admissibility, admission, affiliation, assimilation, associates, association, companionship, company, completeness, comprehension, comprehensiveness, constituency, cooperation, coverage, eligibility,
drag out - adjourn, amble, arouse, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, call out, call up, chatter, continue, crawl, creep, dawdle, deduce,
non-attendance - AWOL, French leave, absence, absence without leave, absenteeism, absenting, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, escape, excused absence, fleeing, furlough,
break of - break, cure, stop, wean ,
torsional - circuitous, circumlocutory, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, roundabout, ruffled, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, tortuous, turning, twisting, twisty,
simulate - act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bluff,