SYN: LAUNCH a political campaign

(a)  

SYN: faced with a PAUCITY of volunteers

(a)  

SYN: found RESPITE in the shade of a tree

(a)  

SYN: refused to ACCEDE to the will of the majority

(a)  

SYN: SELFLESS dedication to finding a cure

(a)  

SYN: a CAUSTIC response to a hostile question

(a)  

SYN: a BRUTAL band of hardened criminals

(a)  

SYN: made of allowances for the RECKLESSNESS of youth

(a)  

SYN: the spreading of VENOMOUS rumors

(a)  

SYN: an UNERRING sense of what the public wants

(a)  

SYN: recognized the DIFFERENCE between fact and opinion

(a)  

SYN: NEGLIGENT in paying their taxes

(a)  

SYN: the patient's UNCONQUERABLE desire to live

(a)  

SYN: moved with EFFORTLESS grace

(a)  

ANT: made a CRUDE apology for his behavior

(a)  

ANT: HARSHNESS in judging others

(a)  

ANT: an obviously INSINCERE expression of concern

(a)  

ANT: wrote a BOLD letter to the person in charge

(a)  

ANT: discovered the identity of the MALEFACTOR

(a)