punctiliousness



accuracy, care, compunction, delicacy, detail, discrimination, exactness, meticulousness, nicety, particularity, pedantry, preciosity, precision, punctuality, qualm,

   care naught for - break the law, defy, disobey, disregard, flout, ignore, not listen, not mind, scoff at, transgress, violate ,

   booze - alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, bat, bender, beverage, bib, brew, bum, carouse, chug, chug-a-lug, drain the cup,

   bun - Danish pastry, bagel, braid, chignon, clover-leaf roll, coffee cake, coil, crescent roll, croissant, cross bun, crumpet, cue, gem, hard roll, hot cross bun,

   underdog - also-ran, booby, casualty, duck, fall guy, game loser, good loser, good sport, little fellow, little guy, loser, prey, scapegoat, sport, stooge,

   structural meaning - bearing, colouring, connotation, consequence, drift, effect, essence, extension, force, gist, idea, impact, implication, import, literal meaning,

   philosophical pitch - depth, height, key, note, pitch, register, tonality, tone, tune ,

   pretend to - adopt, affect, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attempt, challenge, claim, dare, encroach, endeavour, infringe, invade, pretend, seize,

   bare cupboard - beggary, deprivation, destitution, gripe, indigence, lack, mendicancy, necessity, need, pauperism, penury, pinch, privation, want ,

   pick out - abstract, address to, advert to, allude to, amputate, analyse, annihilate, assign, ban, bar, be taken as, behold, bob, bolt, bring to attention,

   credulous person - boob, chump, cinch, easy mark, fall guy, fish, fool, greenhorn, gudgeon, gull, innocent, monkey, mug, pigeon, plaything,