| A | B |
| accost | evade, avoid, shun |
| animadversion | praise, compliment |
| avid | reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic |
| brackish | fresh, clear, sweet |
| devious | direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard |
| gambit | gambit |
| celerity | slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness |
| halcyon | turbulent, chaotic, tumultous |
| histrionic | low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued |
| incendiary | soothing, quieting, n.-peacemaker |
| maelstrom | maelstrom |
| myopic | farsighted |
| overt | secret, clandestine, covert, concealed |
| pejorative | complimentary, ameliorative |
| propriety | unseemliness, inappropriateness |
| sacrilege | sacrilege |
| summarily | summarily |
| suppliant | suppliant |
| talisman | talisman |
| undulate | undulate |
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