SYN: Glossiness, blarney, humbug, flattery, speciousness, adulation.

ANT: Bluntness, roughness, abruptness.

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KEY: Blandishment.

SYN: Coaxing, flattery, wheedling, fawning, cajolery.

ANT: Roughness, bluntness, unmannerliness.

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KEY: Blank.

SYN: Bleak, bare, utter, unmitigated, broad.

ANT: Modified, qualified, mitigated.