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ABACUS:CALCULATE ::sextant:navigate

ABANDON:INHIBITION ::tranquility:agitation
ABRADED:FRICTION ::vaporized:heat
ABSORB:SPONGE ::seal:caulk
ACCELERATE:SPEED ::prolong:duration
ADULT:CHILD ::cat:kitten
ADULTERATE:PURITY ::enervate:vigor
AERATE:OXYGEN ::hydrate:water
AESTHETICS:BEAUTY ::epistemology:knowledge
AGENDA:MINUTES ::itinerary:log
AGRARIAN:FARMING ::mercantile:trade
ALACRITY:APATHETIC ::temerity:timid
ALACRITY:PROMPT ::acumen:shrewd
ALCHEMY:SCIENCE ::nostrum:remedy
ALCOVE:RECESS ::dome:roof
ALLERGY:REACTION ::lancet:instrument
ALLOY:PURITY ::thin:density
ALLY:WAR ::teammate:game
AMORPHOUSNESS:DEFINITION ::lassitude:energy
AMULET:EVIL ::helmet:injury
ANACHRONISM:CHRONOLOGY ::fallacy:logic
ANACHRONISTIC:TIME ::discordant:sound
ANALGESIC:PAIN ::anesthetic:sensation
ANATHEMA:CURSE ::theocracy:state
ANECDOTE:AMUSEMENT ::lecture:instruction
ANECDOTE:STORY ::skit:play
ANESTHETIC:NUMBNESS ::intoxicant:drunkenness
ANIMAL:CAT ::furniture:chair
ANNOYING:GADFLY ::rude:churl
ANOMALY:paradigmatic ::blemish:flawless
ANTENNA:SIGNAL ::net:fish
ANTIBIOTIC:INFECTION ::coagulant:bleeding
ANTIDOTE:POISON ::tonic:lethargy
ANXIOUS:REASSURANCE ::perplexed:clarification
APATHETIC:EMOTION ::imprudent:discretion
APHORISTIC:TERSE ::hyperbolic:exaggerate
APOLOGIZE:CONTRITE ::compliment:impressed
APOSTACY:FAITH ::recantation:heresy
APOSTROPHES:WORD ::ellipse:sentence
APPLE:FRUIT ::wood:fabric

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APPLE:SKIN ::melon:rind
APPREHENSION:TERROR ::affection:adoration
APPRISE:INFORMATION ::admonish:warning
AQUATIC:WATER ::arboreal:trees
AQUEDUCT:WATER ::artery:blood
ARBITRATOR:DISPUTANTS ::judge:litigants
ARBOREAL:TREES ::sidereal:stars
ARBORETUM:TREES ::aviary:birds
ARCHIEVE:MANUSCRIPT ::arsenal:weapon
ARMADA:VEHICLES ::fusillade:projectiles
ARRAY:NUMBERS ::formation:soldiers
ARRHYTHMIC:REGULARITY ::apathetic:concern
ARTERY:PLAQUE ::channel:sill
ARTICULATE:CLEARLY ::shout:loudly
ARTICULATE:SPEECH ::graceful:movement
ARTICULATE:UNCLEAR ::elaborate:sketchy
ASCETIC:LUXURY ::teetotaler:alcohol
ASSERT:BELABOR ::tend:fuss
ASSUAGE:SORROW ::dampen:ardor
ASTRINGENT:CONTRACTION ::anesthetic:insensibility
ASTRINGENT:PUCKER ::spark:ignition
ASTROLABE:NAUTICAL ::colander:culinary
ASTROLOGY:ASTRONOMY ::alchemy:chemistry
ATHLETE:TROPHY ::soldier:medal
ATROCIOUS:BAD ::momentous:important
ATTACK:VANQUISHED ::goad:provoked
ATTENTIVE:OFFICIOUS ::refined:snobbish
ATTORNEY:DISBAR ::student:expel
AUDACIOUS:TREPIDATION ::laconic:volubility
AUTHORITATIVE:ACCEPTANCE ::conspicuous:attention
AUTHORITATIVENESS:PUNDITS ::allegiance:partisans
AUTOBIOGRAPHY:REMINISCE ::eulogy:praise
AWL:PIERCE ::pestle:mash
BABBLE:TALK ::scribble:write
BACTERIA:DECOMPOSITION ::yeast:fermentation
BACTERIUM:COLONY ::citizen:nation
BADGER:BOTHER ::belabor:mention
BALEFUL:MENACE ::solicitous:concern
BALLAD:STANZA ::novel:chapter
BALLAST:INSTABILITY ::purchase:slippage

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BALLAST:STABILITY ::girder:support
BARRAGE:EXPLOSIVES ::deluge:rain
BARTER:COMMODITIES ::correspond:letters
BASTE:DRYNESS ::caulk:moistness
BIGOT:TOLERANCE ::liar:honesty
BIRD:FEATHERS ::fish:scales
BIRD:SNARE ::fish:seine
BIT:DRILL ::blade:razor
BLANDISHMENT:CAJOLE ::obstacle:impede
BLANDISHMENT:COAX ::medal:honor
BLOWHARD:BOASTFUL ::toady:obsequious
BLUSH:EMBARRASSMENT ::smile:pleasure
BODYGUARD:PERSON ::soldier:country
BOLSTER:SUPPORT ::tackle:hoist
BOMBAST:POMPOUS ::tirade:critical
BONE:BODY ::girder:skyscraper
BOUNDLESS:LIMIT ::impeccable:flaw
BOUQUET:FLOWERS ::woodpile:logs
BOW:VIOLIN ::stick:drum
BOWL:RECEPTACLE ::bicycle:vehicle
BOX:FIGHT ::debate:argue
BRAVURA:PERFORMANCE ::elaborate:oration
BRUSH:PAINTING ::chisel:sculpture
BUOYANT:SINK ::insoluble:dissolve
BUS:PASSENGERS ::tanker:liquid
BUTTER:MARGARINE ::sugar:saccharin
CACOPHONY:SOUND ::glare:light
CALCIUM:MINERAL ::sugar:carbohydrate
CALLIGRAPHY:SCRIBBLE ::sonnet:doggerel
CAMOUFLAGE:DECEPTION ::flattery:ingratiating
CANDLE:WAX ::tire:rubber
CANVAS:PAINTER ::marble:sculptor
CAPRICIOUS:WHIM ::objective:fact
CARET:INSERTION ::comma:pause
CARVE:TURKEY ::slice:cake
CASTIGATION:DISAPPROVE ::blasphemy:irreverence
CATCH:FISH ::harvest:grain
CAUSTIC:EATAWAY ::desiccant:dry
CAVERN:SPELUNKER ::star:astronomer
CELL:MEMBRANE ::seed:hull

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CENSORSHIP:COMMUNICATION ::preservative:decay
CENSORSHIP:INFORMATION ::sanitation:disease
CENSUS:POPULATION ::inventory:merchandise
CENTRIFUGE:SEPARATE ::colander:drain
CHAFF:WHEAT ::shell:pecan
CHARADE:WORD ::mime:story
CHARY:CAUTION ::imperturbable:composure
CHICANERY:CLEVER ::tactlessness:truthful
CHOIR:SINGER ::cast:actor
CHOREOGRAPHY:DANCE ::plot:story
CHUCKLE:LAUGHING ::whisper:speaking
CIRCULAR:ASYMMETRICAL ::protean:rigid
CIRCUMFERENCE:CIRCLE ::perimeter:rectangle
CIRCUMSPECT:PRUDENCY ::urbane:polish
CLAIM:LEGITIMATED ::hypothesis:confirmed
CLAY:PORCELAIN ::flax:linen
CLIENTELE:CUSTOMERS ::faculty:teachers
CLOT:DISSOLVED ::crowd:dispersed
COGENT:CONVINCE ::repugnant:repel
COHABIT:RESIDE ::conspire:plot
COIN:DENOMINATION ::officer:rank
COLLAPSE:VOLUME ::attenuate:thickness
COLLUSION:CONSPIRATORS ::cooperation:partners
COLOSSUS:FIGURINE ::boulder:pebble
COLTISH:DISCIPLINE ::loutish:grace
COMA:UNCONSCIOUSNESS ::delirium:confusion
COMBUSTIBLE:IGNITE ::malleable:shape
COMMAND:ENTREATY ::goad:enticement
COMMAND:REQUEST ::summon:invite
COMPENDIUM:SUMMARY ::anthology:collection
COMPLAIN:CARP ::drink:guzzle
COMPLIANT:SERVILE ::trusting:gullible
COMPLIMENT:FLATTERY ::deference:subservience
CONDUCTOR:INSTRUMENTALIST ::director:actor
CONFLUENCE:STREAMS ::junction:roads
CONGRUENT:DIMENSIONS ::coeval:age
CONSPICUOUS:SEE ::transparent:understand
CONTIGUOUS:ABUT ::simultaneous:coincide
CONTRACT:IMPLODE ::descend:plummet
CONUNDRUM:SOLVE ::tangle:unravel

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CORNUCOPIA:ABUNDANCE ::mace:authority
CORONA:SUN ::atmosphere:planet
CORRAL:HORSE ::coop:chickens
COUNTENANCE:TOLERATION ::demur:objection
COUNTERMAND:ORDER ::revoke:license
COURAGE:RASHNESS ::generosity:prodigality
COURAGEOUS:BRAVADO ::complimentary:fulsomeness
COVETOUS:DESIRE ::prodigal:spend
COWARD:BRAVE ::philanthropist:selfish
COWARD:CRAVE ::dupe:gullible
CRAVEN:HEROIC ::volatile:constant
CRAWL:PROCEED ::dwindle:decrease
CREASE:FOLDING ::hole:perforating
CREDITS:MOVIE ::byline:article
CREDULITY:DUPE ::discrimination:connoisseur
CREDULOUS:DUPE ::insensitive:boor
CREEK:RIVER ::pebble:rock
CRESCENDO:SOUND ::acceleration:tempo
CROWD:PEOPLE ::school:fish
CURATOR:ART ::archivist:documents
CURATORS:PAINTINGS ::librarians:books
CURIOSITY:KNOW ::wanderlust:travel
CURTAIN:STAGE ::veil:face
DAGGER:SCABBARD ::pistol:holster
DAGUERREOTYPE:PHTOGRAPH ::musket:firearm
DALLY:TIME ::squander:money
DAMP:VIBRATION ::stanch:flow
DAREDEVIL:AUDACITY ::malcontent:dissatisfaction
DART:MISSILE ::skiff:boat
DECELERATE:SPEED ::enervate:vitality
DECIBEL:LOUDNESS ::light-year:distance
DECIBEL:SOUND ::lumen:light
DECIBEL:SOUND ::volt:electricity
DECIPHER:HIEROGLYPH ::break:code
DECLAMATION:GRANDILOQUENCE ::diatribe:abuse
DEFAULT:PAY ::yield:resist
DELUGE:DROPLET ::landslide:pebble
DEMUR:QUALMS ::waver:irresoluteness
DENTURE:TEETH ::toupee:hair
DEPART:ABSCOND ::store:secrete

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DEPORT:NATION ::expel:school
DERMATOLOGIST:SKIN ::podiatrist:feet
DESPOTIC:TYRANNY ::generous:liberality
DETOXIFICATION:POISON ::neutralization:acid
DETOXIFY:POISON ::dehydrate:water
DEVOTED:ZEALOUS ::careful:fastidious
DIAMETER:CIRCLE ::diagonal:rectangle
DIARY:BIOGRAPHER ::scripture:theologian
DIDACTIC:INSTRUCT ::comic:amuse
DIE:SHAPING ::drill:boring
DIGRESSIVE:STATEMENT ::circuitous:route
DILETTANTE:SUPERFICIALITY ::partisan:bias
DINGY:GLISTEN ::slippery:adhere
DIPLOMAT:TACT ::inventor:ingenuity
DIRECTOR:SCRIPT ::conductor:score
DIRGE:GRIEF ::paean:praise
DIRGE:MUSIC ::elegy:poetry
DISABUSE:ERROR ::rehabilitate:addiction
DISABUSE:FALLACY ::cur:disease
DISCOMBOBULATED:ORDER ::erratic:consistency
DISCOMFITED:BLUSH ::contemptuous:sneer
DISGUISE:IDENTIFICATION ::camouflage:detection
DISGUISE:RECOGNITION ::padding:damage
DISINTERESTED:PARTISANSHIP ::venal:probity
DISJOINTED:COHERENCE ::banal:originality
DISLIKE:LOATHING ::pleasure:bliss
DISPERSE:RECONVENE ::dismiss:reinstate
DISSEMINATE:INFORMATION ::foment:discontentment
DISTILL:PURITY ::leaven:volume
DITTY:ORATORIO ::anecdote:novel
DIVERGE:APART ::traverse:across
DIVERT:SHUNT ::retard:brake
DOGGEREL:VERSE ::burlesque:play
DOGMA:ICONOCLAST ::convention:maverick
DOLDRUMS:ENERGY ::depravity:virtue
DOOR:ROOM ::hatch:hold
DORMANT:INACTIVITY ::malleable:plasticity
DOSE:MEDICINE ::sentence:punishment
DRAW:DOODLE ::travel:ramble
DRAWBRIDGE:CASTLE ::gangway:ship

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DROLL:LAUGH ::grisly:flinch
DROSS:METAL ::chaff:grain
DRUMMER:MUSICIAN ::tragedian:actor
DUCTILITY:MALLEABLE ::toxicity:poisonous
EARPLUG:NOISE ::shield:impact
EAVESDROP:CONVERSATION ::trespass:property
EGG:CHICKEN ::roe:salmon
ELBOW:JOINT ::heart:organ
ELEGIAC:SORROW ::devotional:reverence
ELEGY:SORROW ::eulogy:admiration
ELLIPSIS:WORD ::apostrophe:letter
EMBARRASS:MORTIFY ::indulge:mollycoddle
EMBARRASS:SHAME ::console:comfort
EMBELLISH:AUSTERE ::adulterate:pure
EMBEZZLE:FUNDS ::usurp:power
EMBRACE:AFFECTION ::frown:displeasure
EMBROIDER:CLOTH ::chase:metal
EMIGRATE:EXILE ::enlist:conscript
EMOLLIENT:SOOTHE ::dynamo:generate
EMOLLIENT:SUPPLENESS ::desiccant:dryness
ENCLOSE:PARENTHESES ::separate:comma
ENDEMIC:REGION ::inborn:individual
ENDOW:INCOME ::endorse:approval
ENFRANCHISE:VOTE ::illuminate:see
ENTANGLE:INVOLVE ::grill:question
ENUNCIATE:MUMBLING ::clarify:confusing
ENUNCIATE:WORDS ::limn:lines
ENVELOPE:LETTER ::crate:produce
ENZYME:CATALYZE ::bacterium:microbe
EPAULET:SHOULDER ::ring:finger
EPHEMERAL:ENDURE ::inelastic:stretch
EPHEMERAL:ENDURING ::inanimate:living
EPIDERMIS:MAMMAL ::bark:conifer
EPILOGUE:NOVEL ::coda:symphony
EPITAPH:TOMBSTONE ::motto:shield
EPITHET:DISPARAGE ::alias:mislead
EPITOMIZE:BREVITY ::embellish:ornamentation
EQUIVOCATE:COMMITMENT ::procrastinate:action
EQUIVOCATION:AMBIGUOUS ::platitude:banal
EQUIVOCATION:MISLEADING ::bromide:hackneyed

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ERODE:DIMINISH ::accrete:enlarge
ESCAPE:CAPTURE ::dodge:blow
ETCH:CORROSIVE ::gl
EULOGY:PRAISE ::elegy:lament
EUPHEMISM:OFFENSE ::prevarication:truth
EVANESCENT:DISAPPEAR ::pliant:yield
EVAPORATE:VAPOR ::petrify:stone
EXAGGERATION:CARICATURE ::brevity:epigram
EXECUTOR:WILL ::soldier:order
EXEMPLARY:CRITICIZED ::erratic:predicted
EXERCISE:STRONG ::read:knowledgeable
EXHIBITION:PAINTING ::concert:symphony
EXHORT:SUGGEST ::goad:direct
EXORBITANT:MODERATION ::perfidious:loyalty
EXPAND:VOLUME ::proliferate:number
EXPIATE:GUILT ::correct:error
EXTRAVAGANCE:EXPENDITURE ::loquaciousness:talk
EXULT:SATISFACTION ::crave:longing
FACETIOUS:SPEECH ::antic:behavior
FANATIC:ADMIRER ::zealot:adherent
FANATIC:DEVOTED ::prude:proper
FANG:TOOTH ::finger:digit
FASCINATION:INTEREST ::adoration:fondness
FAULTFINDER:CRITICIZE ::arbitrator:mediate
FAWN:IMPERVIOUSNESS ::equivocate:directness
FEAR:COWER ::anger:rant
FEARLESS:DAUNT ::impassive:perturb
FERTILIZE:GROW ::immunize:resist
FERVOR:ZEALOT ::doubt:skeptic
FERVOR:ZEALOT ::improvidence:spend thrift
FETID:SMELL ::ugly:appearance
FICKLE:CONSTANCY ::naive:sophistication
FIDGET:NERVOUSNESS ::cring:dread
FILIBUSTER:LEGISLATION ::blockade:commerce
FILIGREE:WIRE ::lace:thread
FILING:METAL ::shaving:wood
FILLY:HORSE ::pullet:chicken
FIRE:INFERNO ::storm:hurricane
FIRM:INTRANSIGENT ::concerned:obsessed
FIRM:IRONCLAD ::smart:brilliant

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FLAG:COUNTRY ::trademark:company
FLAG:VIGOR ::waver:resolution
FLIP:RESPECT ::nonchalant:concern
FLOUT:DISREGARD ::taunt:challenge
FLUENT:GLIB ::meticulous:finicky
FOIBLE:FAULT ::quibble:objection
FOIBLE:FLAW ::quibble:objection
FOIL:METAL ::veneer:wood
FOLDER:PAPERS ::drawer:clothing
FOOD:NOURISH ::antibodies:protect
FOOLPROOF:FAIL ::airtight:leak
FOOT:PERAMBULATE ::eye:observe
FORGERY:COUNTERFEIT ::embezzlement:fraud
FOUNDATION:HOUSE ::pedestal:statue
FOUR-POSTER:BED ::convertible:automobile
FRAGILE:BREAK ::flammable:burn
FRANK:SECRETIVENESS ::honest:theft
FRENETIC:MOVEMENT ::fanatical:belief
FREQUENCY:PITCH ::wavelength:color
FRESCO:WALL ::parquetry:floor
FRIABLE:CRUMBLE ::malleable:alter
FRIEZE:BUILDING ::illumination:manuscript
FRIEZE:ORNAMENT ::pillar:support
FROND:FERN ::needle:pine
FROND:LEAF ::boulder:rock
FRUGAL:MISERLY ::confident:arrogant
FRUGAL:PENURIOUS ::compliant:obsequious
FULMINATE:CRITICIZE ::adulate:flatter
FURTIVE:STEALTH ::whimsical:caprice
GADGETS:TOOLS ::trinkets:jewelry
GALLEY:SHIP ::kitchen:house
GARBLED:COMPREHEND ::obscured:recognize
GARRULOUS:TALKATIVE ::cloying:sweet
GEAR:TOOTH ::screw:thread
GEM:TURQUOISE ::flower:violet
GLACIAL:COLD ::profound:deep
GLADE:FOREST ::oasis:desert
GLARING:BRIGHT ::deafing:loud
GLIMMER:DAZZLE ::murmur:resound
GLOSSARY:TEXT ::legend:map

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GLUE:SEAL ::manure:fertilize
GOBBLE:EAT ::guzzle:drink
GOURMAND:APPETITE ::skinflint:thrift
GRACEFUL:MOVEMENT ::euphonious:sound
GRAMMAR:LANGUAGE ::protocol:conduct
GRANDSTAND:IMPRESS ::equivocate:deceive
GRATING:SOUND ::fetid:smell
GRAVEL:PEBBLE ::crowd:person
GRAZING:FORAGERS ::stalking:hunter
GREENHOUSE:PLANT ::incubator:infant
GRIPE:DISCONTENT ::praise:admiration
GROW:BURGEON ::beat:palpitate
GULLIBLE:CHICANERY ::servile:domination
GUSH:EFFUSIVE ::rage:irate
GUST:WIND ::flare:light
GUST:WIND ::cloudburst:rainfall
HACK:CARVE ::gouge:engrave
HAMMER:ANVIL ::pestle:mortar
HAMMER:CARPENTER ::knife:butcher
HEAT:CALORIES ::liquid:gallons
HEAT:CALORIMETER ::distance:odometer
HEDONIST:PLEASURE ::recluse:privacy
HEDONISTIC:PLEASURE ::narcissistic:self
HEMORRHAGE:BLEEDING ::vertigo:dizziness
HILL:MOUNTAUN ::creek:river
HISS:SIBILANT ::drone:monotonous
HOAX:DECEIVE ::filibuster:delay
HOMOGENIZE:UNIFORM ::putrefaction:rotten
HOST:PARASITE ::medium:bacterium
HOVER:PLUNGE ::crouch:spring
HUBRIS:PRIDE ::flattery:praise
HUMILITY:SUPPLICANT ::resistance:adversary
HYMN:PRAISE ::dirge:grief
IDYLL:CAREFREE ::ordeal:difficult
ILLITERACY:EDUCATION ::inequity:redistribution
ILLUMINATE:DARKNESS ::educate:ignorance
ILLUSION:PRECEPTION ::cunning:truth
IMMATURE:DEVELOPED ::incipient:realized
IMPACCABLE:FAULT ::unblemished:imperfection
IMPECCABLE:FLAW ::ingenuous:guile

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IMPLACABLE:APPEASE ::indomitable:subdue
IMPLACABLE:COMPROMISE ::honest:swindle
IMPORTUNE:REQUEST ::pry:inquiry
IMPRESARIO:ENTERTAINMENT ::broker:trade
IMPROVEMENTS:MASTERY ::savings:wealth
INAUGURATION:OFFICIAL ::matriculation:student
INCORRIGIBLE:REFORMED ::inscrutable:understood
INDECIPHERABLE:DECODED ::unmanageable:cotrolled
INDECOROUS:PROPRIETY ::boorish:sensitivity
INDELIBILITY:ERASURE ::impermeability:passage
INDISTINGUISHABLE:CONFOUND ::equivalent:interchange
INDULGE:ASCETIC ::restrain:libertine
INDUSTRIOUSNESS:ACTIVITY ::fastidiousness:selectivity
INEVITABLE:CHANCE ::absolute:variability
INEXPERIENCE:NEOPHYTE ::irresponsibility:wastrel
INFILTRATE:ENTER ::insinuate:say
INFLATE:BURST ::pull:tear
INKLING:INDICATION ::lapse:error
INSECT:BUTTERFLY ::philosophy:metaphysics
INSECT:PESTICIDE ::plant:herbicide
INSIPID:INVENTION ::prosaic:imagination
INSOMNIA:SLEEP ::dyslexia:read
INSTIGATOR:INCITE ::bully:browbeat
INSTRUMENTALIST:ORCHESTRA ::actor:troupe
INSULIN:PANCREAS ::bile:liver
INTEREST:INVEIGLE ::plan:scheme
INTERESTED:AGOG ::careful:meticulous
INTERREGNUM:GOVERNMENT ::hibernation:activity
INTERVIEW:APPLICANT ::audition:actor
INTRACTABLE:MANAGE ::phlegmatic:provoke
INVENTORY:STOCK ::census:population
INVINCIBLE:SUBDUE ::impervious:damaged
IRK:ENRAGE ::suggest:urge
IRON:METAL ::granite:rock
IRREVOCABLE:REPEAL ::ineluctable:avoid
ITINERARY:TRIP ::syllabus:course
ITINERARY:TRIP ::agenda:meeting
JAZZ:MUSIC ::portraiture:painting
JEER:DERISION ::reprimand:censure
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JUDGE:GAVEL ::referee:whistle
JUGGERNAUT:CRUSH ::quisling:betray
KNIT:YARN ::plait:hair
LABYRINTH:TORTUOUS ::ornament:decorative
LACONIC:SPEECH ::austere:design
LARDER:FOOD ::armory:munitions
LATENCY:RESPONSE ::incubation:disease
LAW:CRIMINALITY ::lesson:falsehood
LAW:JUDGEMENT ::information:decision
LAWYER:COURTROOM ::gladiator:arena
LEAF:OAK ::needle:pine
LEAVE:ABSCOND ::take:steal
LETHARGIC:STIMULATE ::skeptical:convince
LEVEE:RIVER ::cordon:crowd
LIEN:CLAIM ::subpoena:command
LIGNEOUS:WOOD ::osseous:bone
LIKEN:SIMILARITY ::discriminate:difference
LIMBER:FLEXIBILITY ::spindly:frailty
LIMERICK:POEM ::lampoon:satire
LIMP:WALK ::stutter:talk
LIONIZE:ADMIRE ::vituperate:despise
LIQUID:VALVE ::electric current:switch
LIST:DISCOGRAPHY ::tool:hoe
LISTEN:RECORDING ::view:photograph
LISTENER:EAVESDROPPER ::observer:spy
LITERATE:ERUDITE ::agitated:frenetic
LOCOMOTIVE:FLATCAR ::tugboat:barge
LOG:SHIP ::diary:person
LOGIC:REASONING ::ethics:behavior
LOPE:RUN ::drawl:speak
LUBRICATE:ABRASION ::seal:leakage
LULLABY:SONG ::diatribe:discourse
LUMBER:GRACE ::waver:resolution
LURK:WAIT ::abscond:depart
LUSTROUS:POLISH ::pure:refine
MACABRE:SHUDER ::hilarious:laugh
MAGAZINE:PERIODICAL ::mystery:fiction
MAIL:MAILBOX ::laundry:hamper
MALADROIT:SKILL ::glib:profundity
MALAPROPISM:VERBAL ::gaffe:social

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MALINGER:AIL ::flatter:appreciate
MALINGERER:DUTY ::recluse:humanity
MALLEABLE:SHAPE ::irresolute:opinion
MANDATORY:COMPLY ::forbidden:abstain
MANIA:ENTHUSIASM ::doting:fondness
MANSION:RESIDENCE ::limousine:automobile
MARSH:SODDEN ::desert:arid
MARTIAL:MILITARY ::runic:mysterious
MASK:FACE ::pseudonym:name
MATRIX:NUMBERS ::crystal:atoms
MAVERICK:CONFORMITY ::extrovert:reserve
MEETING:MINUTES ::sale:deed
MELODRAMA:SUBTLETY ::chimera:authenticity
MENTOR:GUIDACE ::oracle:prophecy
MERCENARY:MONEY ::vindictive:revenge
MERCENARY:SOLDIER ::hack:writer
MERCURIAL:MOOD ::fickle:affection
METAPHOR:LITERAL ::melody:spoken
METEOROLOGY:WEATHER ::pathology:disease
MICROSCOPE:SMALL ::telescope:distant
MILK:EXTRACT ::exploit:utilize
MILL:GRAIN ::forger:metal
MILLER:GRAIN ::tanner:hide
MIMICRY:CAMOUFLAGE ::mutation:variation
MINION:DEPENDENT ::groveler:petitioner
MINUTIAE:DETAILS ::quibbles:objections
MISANTHROPE:PEOPLE ::xenophobe:strangers
MISCALCULATION:JUDGEMENT ::gaffe:decorum
MISDEMEANOR:CRIME ::lapse:error
MISER:STINGY ::loner:solitary
MISER:THRIFT ::chauvinist:patriotism
MISJUDGE:ASSESS ::misconstrue:interpret
MISUNDERSTOOD:CLARIFY ::erroneous:retract
MITIGATE:SEVERE ::qualify:general
MOCK:IMITATE ::taunt:challenge
MOIST:SODDEN ::surprised:astonished
MOLECULE:ATOMS ::tissue:cells
MOLT:BIRD ::slough:snake
MOLT:FEATHERS ::shed:hair
MORALISTIC:PRINCIPLED ::pedantic:learned

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MOSAIC:CERAMIC ::patchwork:cloth
MOTIVE:DEED ::double:question
MUFFLE:SOUND ::assuage:grief
MUFFLER:NECK ::mitten:hand
MULTIPLY:DIVIDE ::enter:leave
MUTED:COLOR ::muffled:sound
MUTTER:INDISTINCT ::drone:monotonous
NARCISSISM:LOVE ::guilt:blame
NEEDLE:KNIT ::loom:weave
NEOPHYTE:EXPERIENCE ::boor:sensitivity
NEPOTISM:RELATIVE ::cronyism:friend
NICOTINE:TOBACCO ::caffeine:coffee
NIL:QUANTITY ::vacuum:matter
NOMINAL:FIGUREHEAD ::absolute:autocrat
NUANCE:DISTINCTION ::hint:suggestion
NUMB:INSENSIBLE ::burnish:lustrous
NURTURE:CHILD ::cultivate:crop
OATH:PROMISE ::contract:agreement
OBDURATE:BUDGE ::lachrymose:cheer
OBJECTIVITY:PARTISAN ::temperance:reprobate
OBSEQUIOUS:FAWN ::compliant:yield
OBSERVATORY:ASTRONOMY ::conservatory:music
OBSERVE:SCRUTINIZE ::question:grill
OBSTRUCT:PROGRESS ::stunt:growth
OFFENSE:PECCADILLO ::quarrel:tiff
OLFACTION:ODOR ::gustation:flavor
OPACITY:LIGHT ::impermeable:fluid
OPAQUE:LIGHT ::nonporous:liquid
OPERA:ARIA ::play:monologue
OPPORTUNE:CONVENIENCE ::impermanent:transience
ORATION:HEARD ::novel:read
ORCHESTRA:INSTRUMENTAL ::choir:vocal
ORCHESTRA:MUSCICIAN ::pack:wolf
ORCHESTRA:MUSIC ::troupe:drama
ORGAN:KIDNEY ::bone:rib
OSTRICH:BIRD ::tiger:cat
OUTSKIRTS:TOWN ::margin:page
OVERDOSE:PRESCRIPTION ::indiscretion:convention
OVERTURE:OPERA ::preamble:statute
PAEAN:JOY ::dirge:grief

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PALATE:MOUTH ::ceiling:room
PALPABLE:TOUCH ::pliable:mold
PANEGYRIC:EULOGIZE ::lampoon:satirize
PANEGYRIC:PRAISE ::valediction:farewell
PARAGRAPH:ESSAY ::clause:sentence
PARENTHESIS:EXPLANATION ::ellipsis:omission
PARQUET:WOOD ::mosaic:glass
PARRY:QUESTION ::shirk:duty
PATRIOTIC:CHAUVINISTIC ::receptive:gullible
PATRONIZE:CONDESCENSION ::deride:mockery
PECCADILLO:SIN ::admonishment:castigation
PEDIATRICS:CHILDREN ::dermatology:skin
PERFUNCTORILY:INSPIRATION ::insolently:veneration
PERNICIOUS:INJURE ::disingenuous:mislead
PERORATION:SPEECH ::coda:sonata
PERSPICACITY:ACUTE ::caprice:whimsical
PERTINENT:RELEVANCE ::redundant:superfluity
PERTURB:SERENITY ::reassure:doubt
PEST:IRKSOME ::expert:proficient
PESTLE:GRIND ::whetstone:sharpen
PHILATELIST:STAMPS ::numismatist:coins
PHILOSOPHER:COGITATE ::iconoclast:attack
PHOTOGRAPH:LIGHT ::recording:sound
PIECE:JIGSAW PUZZLE ::tile:mosaic
PIGMENT:COLOR ::spice:flavor
PILLORY:RIDICULE ::guillotine:execute
PILOT:SHIP ::conductor:orchestra
PIRATE:TAKE ::forge:copy
PITCH:SOUND ::color:light
PITHINESS:APHORISM ::exaggeration:caricature
PLACEBO:INNOCUOUS ::salve:unctuous
PLACEBO:PAINKILLER ::backdrop:vista
PLAIN:AUSTERE ::clean:sterile
PLANT:SOIL ::organism:medium
PLAYFUL:BANTER ::exaggerated:hyperbole
PLEASURE:ECSTASY ::surprise:astonishment
PLUCK:QUIT ::pride:grovel
PLUMMET:FAIL ::swerve:turn
PLUTOCRACY:WEALTH ::geroncracy:age
POLEMIC:DISPUTATIOUS ::invective:abusive

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POROUS:LIQUID ::transparent:light
PORTFOLIO:SECURITIES ::dossier:reports
PORTRAIT:PAINTING ::biography:history
POSEUR:SINCERITY ::recluse:gregariousness
POSTURER:UNAFFECTED ::bigot:tolerant
POTTERY:SHARD ::bread:crumb
PRACTICING:EXPERTISE ::exercising:strength
PRATE:SPEAK ::saunter:walk
PREEMINENCE:IMPORTANCE ::preponderance:weight
PREEMPT:PRECEDENCE ::acquire:possession
PREEN:SELF-SATISFACTION ::fume:anger
PRESCIENCE:FUTURE ::erudition:esoteric
PRIMP:VAIN ::gloat:smug
PROCTOR:SUPERVISE ::prodigal:squander
PRODIGALITY:SPENDING ::gluttony:eating
PRODIGY:PERSON ::miracle:occurrence
PROFESSIONAL:ROOKIE ::soldier:recruit
PROFLIGATE:SOLVENT ::mercurial:committed
PROHIBITIVE:PURCHASE ::peremptory:dispute
PROLOGUE:NOVEL ::preamble:statute
PROSE:PARAGRAPH ::poetry:stanza
PRUDISH:PROPRIETY ::finicky:quality
PRUNE:HEDGE ::trim:hair
PUN:JOKE ::termite:insect
PUNGENT:ODOR ::caustic:comment
PURIFICATION:DROSS ::desalinization:salt
PURIFY:IMPERFECTION ::verify:doubtfulness
QUAFF:SIP ::stride:mince
QUARANTINE:CONTAGION ::embargo:commerce
QUARRY:ROCK ::mine:ore
QUARRY:STONE ::fell:timber
QUERULOUS:COMPLAIN ::prodigal:spend
QUIXOTIC:IDEALISTIC ::touchy:sensitive
RAIL:VEHEMENCE ::entreat:urgency
RAINCOAT:RAIN ::insurance:loss
RAMPART:INVASION ::levee:flood
RATIOCINATION:THINKING ::articulation:talking
RAVISHING:ATTRACTIVE ::perspicacious:discerning
RECALCITRANT:AUTHORITY ::implacable:conciliation
RECLUSE:WITHDRAWN ::bigot:biased

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RECOMMEND:LAUD ::sanction:foster
REDOLENT:SMELL ::piquant:taste
REFEREE:FIELD ::judge:courtroom
REFINE:PURIFICATION ::attenuate:rarefaction
REFINERY:PETROLEUM ::mill:grain
REFLECTION:LIGHT ::echo:sound
REGIMEN:HEALTH ::budget:solvency
RELAPSE:CONVALESCENCE ::recidivism:rehabilitation
RELEVANT:CRUCIAL ::perceptible:obvious
REMAINDER:SUBTRACTION ::residue:evaporation
RENEGADE:ALLEGIANCE ::apostate:faith
RENOUNCE:PLEDGE ::rescind:order
REPATRIATE:EMIGRATION ::repeal:ratification
REPRIEVE:PUNISHMENT ::moratorium:activity
REPROVE:REPRIMAND ::blame:censure
REQUEST:COMMAND ::propose:stipulate
RESCIND:LAW ::withdraw:candidacy
RESOLUTENESS:WILL ::zeal:conviction
RETICENT:TALK ::abstemious:gorge
RETRACT:STATEMENT ::repeal:legislation
REVERENCE:RESPECT ::avidity:enthusiasm
REVISE:MANUSCRIPT ::retouch:picture
RIG:CONTEST ::gerrymander:district
RIPEN:MATURITY ::harden:solidity
RIVAL:COMPETITION ::sycophant:flattery
RIVER:GORGE ::wind:dune
ROSTRUM:ORATOR ::bench:judge
ROYALTY:PAYMENT ::subpoena:writ
RUFFLE:SHIRT ::molding:cabinet
RUST:CORROSION ::dew:condensation
RUTHLESS:MERCY ::insipid:flavor
SAGE:WISDOM ::philanthropist:benevolence
SAW:CARPENTER ::scissors:tailor
SCALPEL:SURGEON ::telescope:astronomer
SCHOOL:FISH ::flock:birds
SCOOP:CONCAVE ::spatula:flat
SCORN:REJECT ::adulate:flatter
SCREEN:MOVIE ::stage:play
SCRIBBLE:WRITE ::mumble:talk
SCRIPT:PLAY ::score:symphony

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SCYTHE:REAPER ::axe:woodcutter
SEDATIVE:DROWSINESS ::anesthetic:numbness
SEDATIVE:PACIFY ::antiseptic:sterilize
SELFLESSNESS:ALTRUIST ::expertise:connoisseur
SEMINARY:THEOLOGIAN ::conservatory:artist
SENSITIZATION:ALLERGIC ::habituation:inured
SEQUESTER:SECLUSION ::endanger:jeopardy
SERMON:HOMILETICS ::argument:logic
SHARD:POTTERY ::fragment:bone
SHIFTLESS:AMBITION ::ingenuous:guile
SHIPSHAPE:DISARRAY ::squalid:cleanliness
SHOULDER:ROADWAY ::margin:page
SHRINE:PILGRIM ::peak:climber
SILVER:TARNISH ::iron:rust
SIMPER:SMILE ::babble:talk
SINGER:CHOIR ::flower:bouquet
SKELETON:ANIMAL ::framing:building
SKETCH:PAINTING ::outline:essay
SKIRMISH:INSIGNIFICANCE ::duel:formality
SLACKEN:TENSION ::blunt:sharpness
SLAKE:THIRST ::satiate:hunger
SLIPPERY:ELUDE ::alluring:entice
SLITHER:SNAKE ::waddle:duck
SLUR:SPEECH ::smudge:writing
SMALL:MINUSCULE ::moist:saturated
SMUGGLER:IMPORT ::embezzler:appropriate
SMUGGLER:TARIFF ::stowaway:fare
SNAKE:LEG ::horse:wings
SNOW:PRECIPITATION ::hurricane:cyclone
SNUB;DISDAIN ::double-cross:disloyalty
SOLDIER:ARMY ::element:compound
SOLILOQUY:PLAY ::aria:opera
SOOT:COMBUSTION ::sawdust:woodcutting
SOPHISM:REASONING ::counterfeit:money
SOUND:AIR ::electricity:copper
SPEAK:RETICENT ::spend:parsimonious
SPECIOUS:GENUINENESS ::illusory:reality
SPLICE:ROPE ::weld:metal
SPLINT:IMMOBILIZE ::duct:convey
SPLINT:MOBILITY ::lubricant:friction

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STANZA:LINE ::concert:program
STANZA:POEM ::act:opera
STATUE:SCULPTURE ::ode:poem
STENCIL:LETTERING ::pattern:sewing
STERILE:BACTERIA ::impeccable:flaws
STERILIZATION:MICROORGANISMS ::deforestation:trees
STICKLER:APPROXIMATION ::purist:adulteration
STICKLER:EXACTING ::defeatist:resigned
STIPPLE:DOT ::striate:band
STOCKADE:ENCLOSURE ::pillar:support
STOKE:FUEL ::irrigate:water
STRATAGEM:DECEIVE ::concession:placate
STRAY:GROUP ::digress:subject
STREAM:EDDY ::trend:anomaly
STRIATED:GROOVE ::braided:strand
STRIDENCY:SOUND ::garishness:appearance
STRIDENCY:SOUND ::garishness:appearance
STRUT:WING ::buttress:wall
STRUT:WING ::guy:pylon
STUDY:LEARN ::search:find
STUPOR:ALERT ::despair:hopeful
STYGIAN:DARK ::abysmal:low
SUBMERGE:WATER ::inter:earth
SUBMISSION:OBEISANCE ::affection:embrace
SUBPOENA:WITNESS ::conscript:soldier
SUBSIDY:SUPPORT ::debt:obligation
SUFFOCATE:OXYGEN ::starve:nutrients
SUITCASE:LUGGAGE ::hat:millinery
SUPERIMPOSE:ABOVE ::insert:between
SUPPLANT:REPLACE ::snatch:take
SURGEON:DEXTERITY ::acrobat:agility
SUSPICIOUS:PARANOID ::admiring:idolatrous
SWAGGER:BRAVADO ::caress:affection
SWILL:SIP ::gobble:nibble
SYCOPHANT:FLATTERY ::extortionist:intimidation
SYLLABUS:COURSE ::agenda:meeting
SYMBOLS:REBUS ::note:score
SYMPHONY:CONDUCTOR ::film:director
SYNONYMOUS:MEANING ::interchangeable:function
SYNOPSIS:CONDESNSED ::appendix:supplementary

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TABLECLOTH:TABLE ::sheet:mattress
TACITURN:CHATTER ::insufferable:tolerate
TACITURN:CHATTER ::magnanimous:begrudge
TACKNESS:ADHESIVE ::sharpness:scalpel
TACT:OFFENSIVE ::money:poor
TADPOLE:FROG ::caterpillar:butterfly
TALON:EAGLE ::claw:panther
TAMPER:ADJUST ::misrepresent:communicate
TANGO:DANCE ::elegy:poem
TAXONOMIST:CLASSIFY ::carpenter:build
TEACHER:CERTIFICATION ::driver:license
TEDIOUS:ENERGY ::disturbing:composure
TENDER:ACCEPTANCE ::exhibit:inspection
TERSENESS:SUPERFLUOUS ::spontaneity:studied
TEXT:EXTEMPORIZE ::score:improvise
THEATER:PERFORMANCE ::market:commerce
THERMOMETER:TEMPERATURE ::compass:direction
TILE:MOSAIC ::stitch:sampler
TINT:SUFFUSE ::amble:wander
TONIC:STIMULATE ::analgesic:deaden
TOPSOIL:ERODE ::paint:peel
TORNADO:AIR ::whirlpool:water
TORQUE:ROTATION ::tension:elongation
TOURNIQUET:BLOOD ::dam:river
TRANSGRESSION:MORALITY ::presumption:propriety
TREE:FORESTRY ::flower:horticulture
TRICKLE:GUSH ::warm:sear
TRIPOD:CAMERA ::easel:canvas
TROPHY:CONTESTANT ::honors:student
TROUBLED:DISTRAUGHT ::covetous:rapacious
TRUCULENCE:GENTLENESS ::unregenerate:remorse
TRUMPET:HORN ::tambourine:drum
TUITION:INSTRUCTION ::fare:transportation
TWIG:LIMB ::brook:river
UNDERSCORE:EMPHASIS ::log:record
UNDERSTUDY:STAR ::deputy:sheriff
UNTENABLE:DEFENDED ::invulnerable:injured
UNTENABLE:DEFENDED ::inevitable:avoided
UPBRAID:DISAPPROVAL ::lament:grief
UPBRAID:REPROACH ::dote:like

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URBANE:GAUCHERIE ::guileless:chicanery
USURY:INTEREST ::gouging:price
VAGARY:PREDICT ::impossibility:execute
VARNISH:WOOD ::wax:linoleum
VENERABLE:REVERENCE ::despicable:scorn
VENOM:TOXIN ::milk:nutrient
VERBOSITY:WORDS ::floridness:embellishments
VERNACULAR:PLACE ::jargon:profession
VESSEL:BLOOD ::pipeline:gas
VESTIGE:REMAINDER ::figurine:statue
VOICE:QUAVER ::hand:tremble
VOLATILE:EVAPORATE ::soluble:dissolve
VOLATILE:TEMPER ::ready:wit
VOLCANO:LAVA ::geyser:water
VOTING:ROLLCALL ::termination:cloture
WAFT:PLUMMET ::meander:dash
WAG:HUMOROUS ::dolt:stupid
WAIT:LURK ::save:hoard
WALK:AMBLE ::talk:chat
WARDROBE:CLOTHES ::bookcase:books
WARY:GULLED ::vigilant:ambushed
WATER:SWIM ::snow:ski
WEB:SPIDER ::net:bird
WILLFULNESS:HEADSTRONG ::subservience:fawning
WINNOW:CHAFF ::filter:impurities
WINNOW:WHEAT ::refine:oil
WOOD:SAWDUST ::metal:filings
WORSHIP:SACRIFICE ::prediction:augury
YOKEL:SOPHISTICATION ::coward:courage
ZEALOUS:ENTHUSIASTIC ::idolatrous:devoted

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