banter

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Ant:  vituperation:

syn:  joshing; badinate; raillery

Definition:  teasing; playful conversation

motley

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Ant:  uniform; homogeneous; similar

Syn;  varied

Definition: made up of dissimilar parts; being of many colors

docile

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ant:  unmanageable; willful

syn:  submissive; compliant

definition:  easy to teach or manage

heresy

Unit 2

Ant:  orthodoxy

Syn:  nonconformity

Definition:  the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine

libation

Unit 2

ant: food

syn: intoxicant

definition:  a drink, especially an alcoholic one

anathema

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ant:  beloved; belssing; praise

syn: abhorration; detestation; condemnation

definition:  a hated, repellant person or thing; a formal curse

gauche

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Ant: graceful

syn: awkward

definition:  lacking social graces; tactless

emaciated

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ant:  plump; fattened

syn:  withered

definition:  extremely thin; wasted away

castigate

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Ant:  praise

Syn:  reprimand; chastise; scold

Definition:  to criticize or punish severely

ignominy

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Ant:  renown; eminence; repute

Syn: disgrace; infamy

Definition:  public shame; disgrace, or dishonor