preparatory



antecedent, anterior, basic, before, chief, elementary, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, in preparation for, inaugural, inductive, initiatory, introductory,

   balance the books - audit, balance, book, capitalize, carry, carry over, charge off, check, check out, close out, credit, debit, demonstrate, docket, enter,

   sayer - chatterbox, conversationalist, speaker, talker ,

   air mass - anticyclone, cold front, cold sector, cyclone, front, high, high-pressure area, isobar, isometric, isometric line, isotherm, isothermal line, low, low-pressure area, occluded front,

   scuff - ablate, ablation, abrade, abrasion, abrasive, amble, attrition, barge, bark, blemish, bloody, bowl along, break, buffing, bundle,

   snootiness - airs, arrogance, contumely, despite, disdain, disparagement, exclusiveness, hauteur, insult, ridicule, scorn, snobbery ,

   ask - apply for, argue, ask a question, ask about, ask for, ask questions, assess, be hurting for, be indicated, beg, beg leave, beseech, bespeak, bid, bid come,

   retell - fable, fictionalize, fill, give an encore, go over, go through, iterate, mythologise, narrate, novelise, pad, practice, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate,

   sensory paralysis - apoplexy, catalepsy, infantile paralysis, palsy, paralysis, paresis, polio, stroke ,

   iridescent - creamy, delicate, eggshell, flat, gloss, light, mellow, moire, mother-of-pearl, nacre, nacreous, opalescent, pale, pastel, pearl-like,

   outrage - abomination, abuse, afflict, affront, aggrieve, anger, aspersion, atrocity, attack, bad, bane, barbarism, barbarity, batter, befoul,