prescribed



accepted, authoritative, binding, bound, bounded, canonical, conditioned, confined, conformable, conventional, copyrighted, cramped, current, customary, dictated,

   bigotry - abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, authoritarianism, aversion, baulkiness, bias, blind side, blind spot, blinders, bullheadedness, closed mind, cramped ideas, determination, detestation,

   truculence - abruptness, aggression, aggressiveness, animality, antagonism, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, bearishness, beastliness, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, bestiality, bloodiness,

   cross swords with - contend with, cope with, encounter, fight, grapple with, struggle with, tangle, tilt ,

   obtuse - abrupt, anaesthetized, asleep, autistic, benumbed, bluff, blunt, blunt-edged, blunt-ended, blunt-pointed, blunt-witted, blunted, boneheaded, callous, catatonic,

   avenging - avenge, implacable, irreconcilable, punitive, rancorous, reprisal, retaliation, retaliatory, retribution, revenge, unappeasable, vengeance ,

   new mintage - artefact, brainchild, child, coinage, composition, concoction, creation, creature, distillation, effect, essence, extract, fruit, handiwork, invention,

   relic - Holy Grail, Methuselah, account, ancient manuscript, annals, antediluvian, antique, antiquity, archaism, ark, artefact, back number, beads, candle, catalogue,

   false colouring - colouring, corruption, distortion, equivocation, exaggeration, expressionism, falsification, hyperbole, inaccuracy, injustice, misdirection, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, misstatement, misuse,

   irony - agile wit, ambiguity, ambiguousness, ambivalence, amphibology, antinomy, bifurcation, black humour, burlesque, caricature, causticity, comedy, conjugation, cynicism, dichotomy,

   smiles of fortune - blessing, felicity, fortune, good luck, luck ,