recusancy
alienation, apostasy, contrariety, deviation, difference, disagreement, disapproval, disparity, dissatisfaction, dissension, dissent, dissidence, diversity, incongruity, inconsistency,
rain-maker - air pilot, astronaut, aviator, barnstormer, captain, cloud seeder, cloud-seeding, commercial pilot, copilot, crop-duster, flier, instructor, jet jockey, licensed pilot, pilot,
adolescent - at half cock, baby, callow, fledgling, green, half-baked, half-cocked, half-grown, hopeful, ill-digested, immature, infant, junior, juvenile, minor,
public official - functionary, holdover, incumbent, ins, lame duck, mandarin, officeholder, officer, official, powers that be, public servant ,
make fun - fleer, fun, gibe, jape, jest, joke, kid, kid around, make fun of, mock, play on words, pun, quip, ridicule, scintillate,
deaden - abate, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, anaesthetize, appease, assuage, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, benumb, besot, blunt, break the fall, chasten,
send packing - beat back, bow out, brush off, bundle, bundle off, chase, cut, dismiss, drive away, drive back, eject, fend off, flight, give the gate, hold off,
rekindle - bank, bring back, bring to, burn, call back, fan the flame, feed, feed the fire, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, light up, reactivate,
seaworthy - bold, cosy, snug, staunch, stiff, tender, waterproof, watertight ,
be hurting for - ache, ask, call for, claim, clamour for, cry for, demand, exact, hope, itch for, long, need, pant, pine, require,
pasturage - barley, bird seed, bran, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, dog food, ensilage, feed, fodder, forage, grain, grass, grass veld,
adolescent - at half cock, baby, callow, fledgling, green, half-baked, half-cocked, half-grown, hopeful, ill-digested, immature, infant, junior, juvenile, minor,
public official - functionary, holdover, incumbent, ins, lame duck, mandarin, officeholder, officer, official, powers that be, public servant ,
make fun - fleer, fun, gibe, jape, jest, joke, kid, kid around, make fun of, mock, play on words, pun, quip, ridicule, scintillate,
deaden - abate, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, anaesthetize, appease, assuage, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, benumb, besot, blunt, break the fall, chasten,
send packing - beat back, bow out, brush off, bundle, bundle off, chase, cut, dismiss, drive away, drive back, eject, fend off, flight, give the gate, hold off,
rekindle - bank, bring back, bring to, burn, call back, fan the flame, feed, feed the fire, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle, light, light up, reactivate,
seaworthy - bold, cosy, snug, staunch, stiff, tender, waterproof, watertight ,
be hurting for - ache, ask, call for, claim, clamour for, cry for, demand, exact, hope, itch for, long, need, pant, pine, require,
pasturage - barley, bird seed, bran, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, dog food, ensilage, feed, fodder, forage, grain, grass, grass veld,