KEY: Prefatory.
SYN: Introductory, preclusive, initiative, preliminary, antecedent, prevenient, proemial.
ANT: Subsequent, concluding, terminal, perorational.
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KEY: Prefer.
SYN: Choose, elect, select, fancy, promote, advance, further.
ANT: Reject, postpone, defer, withhold, degrade, depress.
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KEY: Preferment.
SYN: Dignity, promotion, benefice, advancement, exaltation.