29. clump, cluster, bunch, batch, lot, Bot. sorus, pack, packet; heap, pile, stack, mass, amassment, accumulation, assemblage; articles, furnishings, fixtures, things, appurtenances; outfit, gear, kit, rig, equipment, SI. stuff, belongings.
30. company, party, society, assembly, crowd; circle, clique, ring, club, cabal, circle; clan, tribe, sect, faction, knot; body, corps, crew, force, team, band, regiment; gathering, congregation, committee, commission; association, league, guild, union, federation, establishment, cadre; squad, troupe, gang, detail, work party, detachment; fraternity, brotherhood, merry men, sorority, sisterhood, sodality; flock, herd, drove, swarm, throng, school, shoal; bevy, covey, gaggle, colony, brood, hatch, Rare, eyrie.
31. bearing, carriage, posture, cast, demeanor; turn, pose, poise, port; attitude, air, aspect, countenance, front.
32. bent, inclination, trend, run, tendency; direction, line, aim, way, course; tack, track, bearing, drift, orientation; lay, lie, point, reading, Survey, azimuth; fit, hang, fall.
33. apparatus, receiver, radio, Brit, wireless, crystal set, transceiver, Citizen's Band radio; television, TV, Brit, telly, Inf. boob tube, Inf. idiot box; console, cabinet.
34. stage set, scene, setting, place, location, mise en scene, decor; scenery, wings, flats, Theat. tormentor, screen, Theat. backdrop. See - setting (def. 1).
-adj. 35. fixed, prescribed, predetermined, prearranged; specified, agreed upon, appointed, ordained; decided, determined, arranged; preestablished, said, aforementioned.
36. customary, regular, stock, normal, usual; conventional, habitual, wonted, accustomed, traditional, consuetudinal; everyday, household, vernacular, vulgar, common, commonplace.
37. rigid, fixed, fast, bound, cemented, welded, soldered; riveted, nailed, fastened, secured, clinched, held; attached, connected, coupled, pinned, clasped, tied; permanent, stationary, motionless, rooted, one of the fixtures; firm, immovable, stable, constant; deep-seated, ingrained, indelible, irremovable; entrenched, vested, prescriptive, inveterate.
38. resolved, determined, decided, intent, resolute; persistent, stubborn, obstinate, bullheaded, immovable, steadfast; hardened, inflexible, obdurate, impervious, hidebound.
39. prepared, ready, primed, fit, ripe; armed, equipped, loaded, cocked; on the qui vive, alert, booted and spurred, ready to go.
setback, n. backset, relapse, recurrence; reverse, reversal, undoing, upset, defeat, loss; disappointment, failure, Inf. flop, nonsuccess, no go, abortion; check, rebuff, rejection, foil, frustration, thwarting; mishap, misadventure, problem, trouble; stumbling block, block, obstruction, impediment, hindrance, balk; deadlock, checkmate, stalemate.
setting, n. 1. scene, stage setting, set, stage, Fr. mise en sc£ne; scenery, Theat. backdrop, Theat. Chiefly Brit, back-cloth, drop curtain, drop, scrim; flats, screens, All Theat. borders, tormentors, teasers.
2. environment, milieu, fabric, framework, arena, theater; surroundings, locality, region, area, sphere, realm; locale, place, location, site; period, time, era, century, decade; background, circumstances, conditions, situation; scenario, setup, layout, lay of the land.
settle, v. 1. appoint, fix, set, define; decide, confirm, conclude; stabilize, make certain, ascertain, ground; organize, coordinate, systematize, methodize, resolve, agree upon, determine, choose, elect; rule, ordain, adjudge, adjudicate.