abnormality {aberration}.
ending situation {abolition}.
something acquired {acquisition, acquired}.
measure {admeasure}.
mixture {admixture}.
yes {affirmative}.
meeting schedule {agenda}.
mixed collection {agglomerate}.
convenience {amenity}.
connection between two objects {anastamosis}.
something shunned {anathema}.
soothing agent {anodyne}.
deviation from normal {anomaly}.
metal used in alloys {antinomy}.
revelation or world end {apocalypse}.
high ideal {apotheosis}.
structure that has function {apparatus}.
name {appellation, name}.
accessory {appurtenance}.
a type's original {archetype, original}.
manmade object {artifact}.
appointment for lovers to meet {assignation}.
safe haven {asylum}.
patronage {auspice}.
cacophony {babel}.
drunken party {bacchanal}.
drunken festival {bacchanalia}.
previous edition {back number}.
reaction {backlash}.
trifle {bagatelle}.
soothing agent {balm}.
forked flag {banderole}.
trouble cause {bane}.
diagonal from lower left to upper right {bar sinister}.
insult {barb, insult}.
enormous something {behemoth}.
request {behest}.
indicator {bellwether}.
worthless stuff {bill of goods}.
good report {bill of health}.
magic {black art}.
stone that makes one become smooth talker {blarney stone}.
fast moving manner {blue streak}.
automatic advancement to next round {bye}.
specialness {cachet}.
loud noise {cacophony}.
per capita tax {capitation}.
slaughter {carnage}.
disaster {cataclysm}.
ceding {cession}.
belt around something {cincture}.
party {clambake}.
loud protest from many people at once {clamor}.
clanging {clangor}.
clearness {clarity, clearness}.
compression {compaction}.
harmony {concert}.
harmony {concord}.
fire {conflagration}.
assignment {consignment}.
component, such as person in voting district {constituent}.
coffee, tea, juice, and pastry {continental breakfast}.
contrast {contradistinction}.
payment record {counterfoil}.
standard {criterion}.
representative sample {cross section}.
English colony {crown colony}.
object of interest {cynosure}.
letter with unreadable or non-existent address {dead letter}.
burden {deadweight}.
quick defeat {debacle}.
room decorations {decor}.
uninhabited and forbidding land {desolation}.
decider {determinant, decider}.
object that deters {deterrent}.
cause {dint}.
difference {disparity, difference}.
exemption {dispensation}.
difference {distinction, difference}.
trick {dodge}.
brawl {donnybrook}.
object of interest {drawing card}.
waste {dross}.
ticket {ducat}.
easy task {duck soup}.
level {echelon}.
flow {efflux}.
drink with good effects {elixir}.
something added {embellishment, addition}.
burden {encumbrance}.
goal {end, goal}.
puzzle {enigma}.
thing {entity}.
best example {epitome}.
shield with coat of arms {escutcheon}.
and {etcetera}.
contact with {exposure, contact}.
spectacle {extravaganza}.
copy {facsimile}.
solid piece used to smooth fluid flow {fairing}.
preliminary promotion {fanfare}.
appropriateness and high quality {felicity}.
failure {fiasco}.
day of fun {field day}.
covering for private matter {fig leaf}.
incentive {fillip}.
initial rewards {first fruits}.
highest quality {first water}.
floating lost goods {flotsam}.
spring or source {fountainhead}.
cable car {funicular railway}.
statement about non-specific things {generality}.
mark indicating value {hallmark}.
chance event {happenstance}.
sign of things to come {harbinger}.
study of ancestry and coats of arms {heraldry}.
statement contradicting orthodoxy {heresy}.
great destruction {holocaust}.
most sacred thing {holy of holies}.
political campaign {hustings}.
putting underwater {immersion}.
stimulus {impetus}.
authorization {imprimatur}.
inconsistent {incongruity}.
no effect {inefficacy}.
roads and utilities {infrastructure}.
jettisoned or discarded goods {jetsam}.
large mass advancing {juggernaut, unstoppable}.
stop {kibosh}.
bell toll {knell}.
hand tricks {legerdemain}.
drink {libation}.
objects from one's past {memorabilia}.
wrong name {misnomer}.
story of group {mythos}.
rival {nemesis}.
feature {nicety}.
present time {nonce}.
small flower bunch {posy} {nosegay}.
useless drug {nostrum}.
small difference {nuance}.
essence {nub}.
near future {offing}.
magic words {open sesame}.
excrement {ordure}.
embellishment {ornamentation}.
show {pageantry}.
cover {panoply}.
wide view {panorama}.
equality {parity, equality}.
hell {perdition}.
phantom {phantasm, phantom}.
language mixture {pidgin}.
just rewards {poetic justice}.
splendor {pomp}.
drink {potation}.
something coming before {precursor, before}.
requirement {prerequisite}.
first example {prototype, first example}.
source {provenance}.
God can intervene to provide good luck {providence}.
Wood arrangements {pyre} can burn corpses at funerals.
fireworks {pyrotechnics}.
situation in which it is difficult to decide {quandary}.
pursued object {quarry, pursued}.
essence {quintessence, essence}.
former {quondam}.
shed with cylindrical tin roof {quonset hut}.
plunder {rapine}.
party after wedding {reception}.
reclaiming {reclamation}.
removing private or secret information from public document {redaction}.
backward flow {reflux}.
safe haven {refuge}.
meal {repast}.
storage place {repository}.
rescinding contract {rescission}.
equal-value restoration {restitution}.
strictness {rigor}.
ceremony {rite}.
fireworks type {roman candle}.
problem, catch {rub, problem}.
irritating skin agent for pain relief {rubefacient}.
directions {rubric}.
rule {rudiment}.
idea that no one can question {sacred cow}.
holiness {sanctity}.
withdrawing {secession}.
dog that assists blind people {seeing-eye dog}.
chance {serendipity}.
happiness {seventh heaven}.
seal {signet}.
easy salaried job {sinecure}.
investigating {spadework}.
coin {specie}.
place from which to dive into subject {springboard}.
dirty place {squalor}.
First bid {stalking-horse} only tests the market and does not expect to win.
place {stead}.
drinking cup with two handles {stirrup cup}.
regular business stock {stock-in-trade}.
trick {subterfuge}.
assumption {supposition}.
sustaining substance {sustenance}.
whispering sounds {susurrus}.
two things can work together to perform function {synergism}.
combination {synthesis, combination}.
object conferring protection through magic {talisman}.
principle {tenet}.
reading, writing, and arithmetic {three R's}.
criterion {touchstone}.
curved lines {tracery}.
poor imitation {travesty, imitation}.
sample used to test people's reactions {trial balloon}.
nonsense {trumpery}.
Dark Ages rounded-letter alphabet {uncial}.
foundation {underpinning}.
sudden change {vicissitude}.
something no longer wanted {white elephant}.
impossible goal {will-o'-the-wisp}.
faint or thin thing {wisp}.
finding people with unorthodox beliefs {witch-hunt}.
wrath {wroth}.
threat to native people from increased Asian immigration {yellow peril}.
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