issue a statement



affirm, announce, declare, enunciate, give notice, pronounce, report, state ,

   eclipsed - abstruse, armoured, beclouded, black, blind, buried, close, clouded, concealed, covert, dark, ebony, enveloped, floored, hidden,

   mistrust - apprehension, apprehensiveness, awake a doubt, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be possessive, be sceptical, be uncertain, beware, cageyness, call in question, challenge, chariness, contest,

   lumber room - archives, armoury, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bookcase, box, bunker, cellar, chest, closet, conservatory,

   walk the waters - drift, float, foot, ghost, glide, ride, run, sail, scud, shoot, skim, slip ,

   serpent - Beelzebub, Benedict Arnold, Judas, Lucifer, Satan, alto horn, animal, ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, beast, betrayer, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument,

   attenuator - amplifier, generator, tube ,

   sycophancy - adulation, apple-polishing, ass-kissing, back biting, backstabbing, belittlement, blandishment, blarney, brown-nosing, bunkum, cajolement, cajolery, calumny, compliment, cringing,

   roiled - aggravated, angry, annoyed, bothered, browned-off, bugged, burnt-up, chafed, cloudy, dark, disturbed, exasperated, galled, griped, impervious to light,

   unreservedness - candour, extroversion, frankness, openness, plainness, sociability ,

   slapstick - acting, agile wit, black comedy, black humour, bladder, broad, broad comedy, buffoonery, burlesque, business, camp, campy, cap and bells, caricature, characterization,