SYN: Prevarication, shuffle, fencing, sheet, subterfuge, quibble, equivocation.

ANT: Answer, counterargument, grappling.

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KEY: Even.

SYN: Level, smooth, uniform, equable, plain, flush, well-balanced, equal.

ANT: Inclined, abrupt, rugged, variable, uneven.

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KEY: Event.

SYN: Occurrence, circumstance, episode, adventure, issue, accident, result, fact, incident.

ANT: Cause, antecedent, operation, inducement, contribution, convergence, predisposition, tendency.