literacy



book learning, book madness, bookishness, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness, erudition, humanism, humanistic scholarship, intellectualism, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, pedantry,

   taboo - anathema, ban, banned, bar, bar out, barred, barring, blockade, boycott, censored, circumscription, contraband, count out, cut off, debar,

   with open arms - agreeably, amiably, amicably, animatedly, anxiously, ardently, arm in arm, avidly, breathlessly, congenially, cordially, eagerly, enthusiastically, familiarly, favourably,

   male sex - man, manhood, men, sword side ,

   plain song - accompaniment, alto, baritone, bass, canto, contralto, descant, drone, line, part, soprano, tenor, treble, voice ,

   devilishness - baseness, devilment, devilry, evilness, foolishness, high spirits, mischief, playfulness, roguery, wickedness ,

   cash credit - borrowing power, credit rating, credit union, instalment plan, rating, tick, trust ,

   auditory canal - anvil, ear, ear lobe, eardrum, hammer, lobe, lug, shell, stirrup, tympanum, vestibule ,

   take in sail - arrest, back-pedal, backwater, brake, check, curb, delay, detain, ease off, ease up, hold back, hold up, impede, keep back, keep the peace,

   good taste - acquired taste, appreciation of excellence, appropriateness, chasteness, chastity, choiceness, civilized taste, clarity, classicism, clearness, comeliness, correctness, cultivated taste, cultivation, culture,

   undigested securities - certificate of deposit, note, portfolio, stocks and bonds, treasury note, warrant ,