ANT: Unconditional, absolute, permanent, perpetual.

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KEY: Provocation.

SYN: Incitement, stimulus, stimulant, provocative, affront, indignity, insult, [See INDIGNITY].

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KEY: Provoke.

SYN: Educe, summon, rouse, irritate, excite, challenge, vex, impel, offend, exasperate, anger, tantalize.

ANT: Allay, relegate, pacify, soothe, conciliate.

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KEY: Prowess.