line of departure
base, basis, start, starting point, take-off ,
society - Everyman, John Doe, academy, acculturation, affiliation, alliance, ashram, assemblage, assembly, association, associational, axis, band, bash, beautiful people,
ill repute - bad character, bad name, discredit, disesteem, disfavour, dishonour, infamy, libel ,
suspecting - agnostic, cagey, cautious, chary, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, guarded, hard of belief, impervious to persuasion, in doubt, incredulous,
retribution - affliction, amends, atonement, avenging, blood money, castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, condign punishment, consideration, correction, damages, desert,
preserving - conservative, frugal, keeping, preservative, protective, saving, thrifty ,
avionics - aerodynamics, climatology, hydrostatics, kinetics, meteorology, photometry, pneumatics, radar, radio, radionics, rocketry, supersonics, television ,
impenetrability - ambiguity, callousness, closeness, congestion, consistency, density, hardness, invincibility, opacity, perplexity, resistance, solidity, specific gravity, thickness, toughness,
bring to maturity - bear fruit, bloom, blossom, blow, flourish, grow up, mature, mellow, ripen ,
culture centre - acculturation, civilization, complex, culture, ethos, mores, society, trait ,
rule the roost - bestride, dictate, dominate, master, predominate, preponderate, prevail, reign, shot ,
ill repute - bad character, bad name, discredit, disesteem, disfavour, dishonour, infamy, libel ,
suspecting - agnostic, cagey, cautious, chary, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, dubious, guarded, hard of belief, impervious to persuasion, in doubt, incredulous,
retribution - affliction, amends, atonement, avenging, blood money, castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, condign punishment, consideration, correction, damages, desert,
preserving - conservative, frugal, keeping, preservative, protective, saving, thrifty ,
avionics - aerodynamics, climatology, hydrostatics, kinetics, meteorology, photometry, pneumatics, radar, radio, radionics, rocketry, supersonics, television ,
impenetrability - ambiguity, callousness, closeness, congestion, consistency, density, hardness, invincibility, opacity, perplexity, resistance, solidity, specific gravity, thickness, toughness,
bring to maturity - bear fruit, bloom, blossom, blow, flourish, grow up, mature, mellow, ripen ,
culture centre - acculturation, civilization, complex, culture, ethos, mores, society, trait ,
rule the roost - bestride, dictate, dominate, master, predominate, preponderate, prevail, reign, shot ,