in kilter



fixed, in condition, in order, in shape, in the pink ,

   plug - acknowledgement, advert, advertise, advertisement, advocate, appreciation, back, bait, ballyhoo, bar, bark, baulker, baulky horse, bill, bind,

   cropped - abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, bobbed, capsule, capsulized, clipped, compressed, condensed, curtailed, cut short, digested, docked, elided, elliptic,

   rely on fortune - chance, gamble on, hazard, risk, take chances, venture, wager ,

   grass-roots movement - coalition, front, ground swell, movement ,

   germicide - antibiotic, antiseptic, bactericide, bug bomb, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, fratricide, fumigant, fumigator, fungicide, genocide, herbicide, homicide,

   social maladjustment - crack up, insanity, maladjustment, melancholia, mental illness, nervous breakdown, nervous disorder, neurosis, paranoia, psychosis, reaction, schizophrenia ,

   inquire - ask, ask a question, ask about, ask questions, be curious, bring into question, burn with curiosity, catechize, demand, dig around for, dig up, examine, explore, gape, gawk,

   splendid isolation - Jim Crow, alienation, apartheid, celibacy, detachment, isolation, isolationism, loneliness, lonesomeness, privacy, quarantine, recess, retirement, retreat, seclusion,

   attend to - abide by, act up to, adhere to, advert to, attend, auscultate, baby-sit, be all ears, be aware of, be engrossed in, be faithful to, bend an ear, bug, care for, chaperon,

   mere talk - babble, blab, blabber, blather, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, clatter, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gossip, guff,