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appraisal, approximation, assessment, assize, calculation, computation, correction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, gauging, instrumentation, measure, measurement,

   skin-dive - dive, drop, fall, nose dive, parachute, pitch, plop, plummet, plump, plunge, plunk, pounce, pounce upon, sky dive, sound,

   outside chance - bare possibility, chance, conceivability, contingency, dark horse, even chance, eventuality, fighting chance, gambling chance, good chance, good possibility, hardly a chance, hope, hundred-to-one shot, improbability,

   vested interest - absolute interest, appurtenance, authority, benefit, birthright, black vote, claim, common, conjugal right, contingent interest, demand, divine right, due, easement, equitable interest,

   mercilessness - animality, atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, extremity, force, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inhumanity, intensity, mindlessness, pitilessness, relentlessness,

   tooth decay - caries, carrion, decay, decomposition, dry rot, gangrene, mortification, necrosis, putrefaction, rot, slough, spoilage ,

   bolt in - gaol, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock in, lock up ,

   dual - ambidextrous, bifurcated, bilateral, binary, bipartisan, bipartite, bivalent, dichotomous, double, double-barrelled, double-faced, duple, duplex, duplicate, duplicated,

   aromatic water - ambergris, ambrosia, attar, balm, balsam, essence, extract, fixative, musk, myrrh, perfume, rose oil, scent ,

   great expectations - aspiration, assumption, assurance, confidence, conviction, dependence, desire, expectation, faith, presumption, promise, prospect, reliance, security, trust ,

   supererogatory - dispensable, excess, expendable, expletive, gratuitous, in excess, needless, non-essential, prolix, redundant, spare, superfluous, supernumerary, tautologous, to spare,