public official



functionary, holdover, incumbent, ins, lame duck, mandarin, officeholder, officer, official, powers that be, public servant ,

   direct the eyes - look, peek, peep, peer, pry ,

   edge in - admit, barge in, be admitted, break in, break in upon, breeze in, burst in, bust in, butt in, charge in, come barging in, come between, come breezing in, come busting in, come in,

   lack of interest - apathy, boredom, carelessness, detachment, disinterest, indifference, insouciance, listlessness, unconcern, withdrawal ,

   fossilize - age, anneal, antiquate, become extinct, become obsolete, calcify, callous, case harden, date, fade, firm, grow old, harden, lose currency, moulder,

   oxygen tent - artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic wheeze, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind, cough, exhalation, expiration, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, inhalation,

   envenom - abuse, acerbate, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, alienate, antagonize, befoul, bewitch, bitter, blight, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse,

   iniquity - abomination, atrocity, bad, breach, crime, crime against humanity, deadly sin, delinquency, dereliction, disgrace, enormity, error, evil, failure, fault,

   accede to - OK, accede, accept, accord, agree, agree to, approve, assent, condescend, connive at, consent, defer, deign, endorse, get,

   amphitheatre - Elizabethan theatre, Greek theatre, arena, arena theatre, assembly hall, athletic field, auditorium, background, bear garden, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, cabaret, campus, canvas,

   laden with sorrow - heavy, oppressed, sad, weighted down ,