know well



be expert in, be informed, be learned in, be master of, be told, be up on, be well-informed, command, get up on, get wind of, have down pat, have it taped, hear, hear tell of, hearsay,

   distraught - abashed, abnormal, abroad, addled, adrift, agitated, astray, at sea, batty, bereft of reason, berserk, bewildered, bothered, clueless, concerned,

   exurbia - borough, burg, city, exurb, metropolis, municipality, outskirts, province, suburb, suburbia, township ,

   fat cat - big cheese, big shot, big-timer, billionaire, bloated plutocrat, capitalist, heavyweight, man of means, man of substance, man of wealth, millionaire, moneybags, moneyed man, muck, multimillionaire,

   take time - abide, await, bide, bide the issue, buy time, consume time, dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses,

   battered - beat up, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, marred, ragged, ramshackle, ruined, ruinous, run down, shabby, shapeless, slummy, tumbledown ,

   formalization - ceremonial, ceremony, dignity, form, gravity, pomp, pomposity, primness, ritual, solemnity, stiffness, weight ,

   back talk - acknowledgement, answer, answering, antiphon, back answer, cheek, comeback, echo, evasive reply, guff, impudence, insolence, jaw, lip, mouth,

   skewering - bore, boring, penetration, perforation, piercing, puncture ,

   misgovern - misconduct, misdirect, misguide, mishandle, mismanage, misrule ,

   impenitent - callous, hard, hardened, insolent, obdurate, remorseless, unrepentant, untouched ,