preceptive



authoritative, autodidactic, binding, canonical, coeducational, commanding, compelling, cultural, dictated, dictating, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating,

   unsteady - adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, broken, canted, capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changing, choppy, dancing, dangerous, desultory,

   enfranchised - acceptable, admissible, authorized, chartered, desirable, eligible, empowered, entitled, fit, fitted, franchised, licensed, patented, privileged, qualified,

   grandiose - Babylonian, affected, ambitious, august, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, bedizened, big-sounding, bombastic, convoluted, cosmic, declamatory, deluxe, elaborate,

   heartburn - ache, aching, angina, backache, bellyache, colic, constipation, costiveness, diarrhoea, dysentery, dyspepsia, earache, envy, flux, fret,

   occasion - a leg up, advantage, adventure, aetiology, affair, antecedent, antecedents, author, bare necessities, base, basis, bear, break, breed, bring about,

   like clockwork - always, at every turn, at regular intervals, at stated times, constantly, continually, easily, effortlessly, evenly, every so often, facilely, hands down, harmoniously, intermittently, invariably,

   disarm - allure, appease, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, conciliate, cripple, deactivate, decommission, deflate, demilitarize, demobilize, disable, disband,

   noble savage - babe, child, dove, dupe, infant, innocent, lamb, lout, oaf, yokel ,

   clubs - ace, bower, card, deck, deuce, diamond, dummy, flush, full house, hand, jack, joker, king, knave, pack,

   resist persuasion - beg off, decline, disagree, disallow, disclaim, dissent, hold out, negate, negative, not buy, refuse, reject, repudiate, stand aloof, turn down ,