impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
document; official papers
power; authority; jurisdiction
dismissal (from a position); discharge
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
performance of one's official duties
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
early (days); initial stage; initial
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
birth; creation; formation
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
function; facility; faculty; feature
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
illegal resident (in a country); illegal alien; illegal overstayer (person who has overstayed their visa)