Antonyms
dull
lurid
annoyance
umbrage
a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
hiatus
innuendo
a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference
Considering the family's tense mood you handled the situation with [blank]
aplomb
surrender to
expostulate
snappish
petulant
A special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence
prerogative
unctuous
(adj.) Excessively smooth or smug
Some argue with more [blank] laws against speeding will make our streets safer
stringent
discreditable
metitorious
create
precipitate
a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy
millennium
jaded
wearied, worn-out, dulled
My attempt to [blank] information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings
elicit
mature
callow
inferred
surmise
by virtue of holding a certain office
ex officio
simulate
to imitate
The Great Gatsby tells a universal story without being marred by [blank] prose
hackneyed
exacerbate
ameliorate
alliance
coalition
resulting from chance rather than adherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congential
adventitious
acculturation
to modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another; the resultant blend
Her constant inquiring about the health of my family at first seemed friendly, later merely [blank]
unctuous