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brush up, cram, get up ,

   speedily - PDQ, apace, at flank speed, at once, by forced marches, cursorily, decisively, directly, double-quick, expeditiously, fast, feverishly, flat-out, forthwith, full tilt,

   cry out against - accuse, admonish, arraign, assail, attack, beef, bitch, blame, boggle, boycott, caution, censure, challenge, complain, condemn,

   comic - amusing, animated cartoon, antic, banana, broad, burlesque, burlesquer, camp, campy, caricature, caricaturist, cartoon, clever, clown, comedian,

   quoit - anklet, armlet, ball, band, belt, bracelet, cincture, collar, discus, earring, ecliptic, ejecta, equator, fascia, fillet,

   totem - allegory, ancestral spirits, angel, animal kingdom, ashram, blood, body, breed, brood, caste, cipher, clan, class, colony, commonwealth,

   precipitateness - carelessness, haste, hastiness, impatience, impulsiveness, precipitation, quickness, rashness, recklessness, rush, speed, suddenness, temerity, unexpectedness ,

   protrusive - bold, eminent, jutting, outstanding, projecting, prominent, protuberant, salient ,

   ribbon - X ray, actinic ray, adhesive tape, arch, atomic beam, atomic ray, band, bandage, bandeau, barrow, batten, bead, beam, beam of light, bejewel,

   hard up - badly off, desperate, distressed, down to bedrock, embarrassed, feeling the pinch, hard pressed, ill off, impecunious, in desperate straits, in extremis, in extremities, in narrow circumstances, in reduced circumstances, in straitened circumstances,

   ski-jumping - bingo, checkers, chess, game, sport ,