TRUDGED
slowly up the hill (syn)
plod
LAUNCH
a political campaign (syn)
embark
faced with a
PAUCITY
of volunteers (syn)
dearth
found
RESPITE
in the shade of a tree (syn)
repose
refused to
ACCEDE
to the will of the majority (syn)
assent
SELFLESS
dedication to finding a cure (syn)
altruistic
a
CAUSTIC
response to a hostile question (syn)
pungent
a
BRUTAL
band of hardened criminals (syn)
truculent
made allowances for the
RECKLESSNESS
of youth (syn)
temerity
the spreading of
VENOMOUS
rumors (syn)
virulent
an
UNERRING
sense of what the public wants (syn)
infallible
recognized the
DIFFERENCE
between fact and fiction (syn)
discrepancy
NEGLIGENT
in paying their taxes (syn)
remiss
the patient's
UNCONQUERABLE
desire to live (syn)
indomitable
moved with
EFFORTLESS
grace (syn)
facile
made a
CRUDE
apology for his behavior (ant)
chivalrous
HARSHNESS
in judging others (ant)
clemency
an obviously
INSINCERE
expression of concern (ant)
unfeigned
wrote a
BOLD
letter to the person in charge (ant)
diffident
discovered the identity of the
MALEFACTOR
benefactor