politico-diplomatic



civic, diplomatic, governmental, politic, political, statesmanlike ,

   focus of attention - basis, burden, case, chapter, concern, cynosure, essence, focus, gist, head, heading, issue, lodestar, magnet, main point,

   recrudescent - backsliding, reappearing, reborn, regressive, renewed, revived ,

   obey the rules - comply, conform, defer to, hearken to, heed, keep, mind, obey, observe, stay in line, submit, toe the mark ,

   set forth - advance, affect, approve, argue, articulate, assert, attest, be off, bespeak, betoken, brandish, breathe, bring before, bring forth, bring forward,

   tuberculous arthritis - appendicitis, bronchitis, bunion, colitis, encephalitis, enteritis, gastritis, gingivitis, gout, hepatitis, inflammation, laryngitis, lumbago, meningitis, myelitis,

   gaming house - casino, crib, flat, gambling house, hell, joint, pool room ,

   berserker - Mafioso, beast, bomber, brute, demon, devil, dragon, fiend, firebrand, fury, goon, gorilla, hell-cat, holy terror, hood,

   sabbatical leave - AWOL, French leave, absence, cut, day off, default, departure, disappearance, furlough, holiday, leave, leave of absence, leaving, liberty, non-attendance,

   spokesman - adviser, agent, announcer, annunciator, authority, champion, channel, communicant, communicator, connection, debater, declaimer, delegate, demagogue, deputy,

   mete out to - administer, apply, bestow, dose, enforce, force, force upon, give, lay on, prescribe, put on, put upon ,