metropolitan area



archbishopric, bailiwick, bishopric, borough, burg, canton, city, commune, congressional district, county, diocese, district, duchy, electorate, exurb,

   currycomb - bed, break, bridle, broom, brush, cleaning, curry, device, drench, feed, fodder, gentle, groom, handle, harness,

   freeze to death - chatter, chill, dither, freeze, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble ,

   the supreme fiction - poesy, rhyme, song, verse ,

   historical - absolute, actual, admitting no question, ascertained, attested, authentic, authenticated, autobiographical, biographical, categorically true, certain, certified, confirmed, corroborated, de facto,

   humane - Christian, Christlike, accepting, affectionate, altruistic, benevolent, benign, benignant, bleeding, brotherly, charitable, chickenhearted, clement, commiserative, compassionate,

   halfpenny - bagatelle, bauble, bean, bit, bob, button, cent, crown, curio, damn, dollar, farce, farthing, feather, fig,

   luridness - affectation, big talk, blatancy, convolution, dash, dazzle, eeriness, extravagance, extravaganza, flamboyance, flatulence, gaiety, gaudiness, glare, glitter,

   disrobe - bankrupt, bare, denude, deprive, disarray, dismantle, divest, peel, strip, undress ,

   trivially - insignificantly, lightly, superficially ,

   malinger - abandon, cut, dodge, dog it, duck, duck duty, get out of, goldbrick, goof off, jump, leave, leave loose ends, leave undone, let alone, let be,