taken by surprise



ad lib, caught short, extemporaneous, haphazard, hasty, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, precipitate, snap, surprised, unmade, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared,

   man of old - Stone Age man, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropoid, bushman, caveman, hominid, humanoid, missing link, prehistoric man, primate, primitive, troglodyte ,

   without suspicion - childlike, confiding, credulous, dependent, guileless, innocent, naive, trusting, trusty, unsuspecting ,

   morning devotions - church, devotions, duty, evensong, liturgy, matins, meeting, novena, office, prayer, prime, revival, service, vesper, vigil ,

   be evident - appear, glare, loom large, show, show up, stand out ,

   in a whirl - around, clockwise, counter-clockwise, head over heels, round, round about, round and round ,

   common enterprise - bipartisanship, collaboration, collectivism, collusion, communism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, duet, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps,

   census report - account, accounting, agenda, annual, brief, bulletin, calendar, census, check-list, docket, head count, honour roll, line-up, minutes, muster,

   infielder - archer, athlete, ballplayer, batter, battery, catcher, centre, coach, competitor, end, guard, jock, jumper, linesman, outfield,

   take up membership - affiliate, associate, come into, creep in, enlist, enrol, enter, go into, join, league, sign on, sign up, sneak in, team up ,

   well-heeled - affluent, comfortable, fat, flush, independent, loaded, luxurious, money, moneyed, opulent, prosperous, rich, substantial, successful, warm,