posing against



antithesis, confrontation, contention, contrariety, contrast, hostility, opposing, opposition, polarity, polarization ,

   death stroke - clincher, coup de grace, crusher, deathblow, final stroke, finisher, kayo, knock-out, quietus, settler, stopper ,

   rose - achievement, animal charge, argent, armorial bearings, armoury, arms, azure, badge, badge of office, badges, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings,

   diarist - advertising writer, annalist, art critic, author, authoress, autobiographer, belletrist, bibliographer, biographer, calendar maker, chronicler, chronologist, clockmaker, co-author, collaborator,

   startled - alarmed, alerted, aroused, bowled down, consternated, daunted, dismayed, disquieted, electrified, frightened, in a fright, in a funk, jarred, jolted, shaken,

   be ruined - break, bust, collapse, crash, fail, fold, go to pot, go under, go up, shut down ,

   broadened - aggrandized, amplified, bloated, elevated, enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended, heightened, increased, inflated, intensified, magnified, multiplied, raised,

   consummate - able, absolute, accomplish, accomplished, achieve, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, apical, archetypical, arrant, attain, born, broad-based,

   winnowing machine - colander, cradle, filter, percolator, purifier, refinery, riddle, rocker, screen, sieve, sifter, strainer, winnow ,

   marbled paper - chameleon, confetti, harlequin, iris, jaguar, leopard, marble, moire, nacre, ocelot, peacock, rainbow, spectrum, tortoise shell, variegation ,

   make a face - face, grimace, mop, mouth, mow, mug, pout ,