Wordlist 4

Front 1

Archetype

Back 1

classic, exemplar, form, ideal, model, original, paradigm, pattern, perfect specimen, prime example, prototype, standard
Antonyms: anomaly, atypical

Hint 1

prototype, primitive pattern

Front 2

Ardor

Back 2

avidity, devotion, eagerness, earnestness, feeling, fervor, fierceness, fire, gusto, heat, hot pants, intensity, jazz*, keenness, oomph*, passion, pep talk*, spirit, turn on*, vehemence, verve, warmth, weakness*, zeal, zest, zing
Antonyms: apathy, coldness, coolness, indifference

Hint 2

enthusiasm, zeal

Front 3

Argot

Back 3

cant, dialect, idiom, lingo, parlance, patois, slang, terminology, vernacular, vocabulary

Hint 3

jargon

Front 4

Aria

Back 4

operatic solo

Hint 4

descant, hymn, song

Front 5

Arraign

Back 5

blame, charge, criminate, hang on, incriminate, inculpate, indict, pin on, summon
Antonyms: absolve, acquit, discharge, exonerate, free, let go

Hint 5

accuse

Front 6

Array

Back 6

apparel, attire, drapes*, dress, duds*, feathers, finery, full dress, garb, garments, getup*, glad rags, rig*, threads*
Antonyms: rags


align, display, exhibit, form, group, line up, methodize, organize, parade, range, set, show, systematize
Antonyms: disarrange, mess up, mix up

attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, deck out, decorate, dog out*, doll up, drape, dud, dude up*, fit, fit out, garb, outfit, rag out, rag up, rig out, rig up, suit up, tog, try on, turn out, wrap
Antonyms: disarray

attire, bedeck, clothe, deck, decorate, fit, garb, outfit, wrap
Antonyms: disarrange, disarray, undress

Hint 6

collection
clothes
arrange
decorate
dress

Front 7

Arroyo

Back 7

abysm, abyss, alienation, blank, breach, cavity, cleavage, cleft, clough, clove, crater, crevasse, fissure, flume, gorge, gulch, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, omission, opening, oversight, preterition, ravine, rent, rift, schism, skip, split, void
Antonyms: closure, junction, juncture

Hint 7

pathway

Front 8

Ascendancy

Back 8

advantage, ascendency, authority, command, control, dominance, dominion, edge, influence, jump, leg up, mastery power, pre-eminence, predominance, prepotence, prevalence, reign, rule, sovereignty, superiority, supremacy, sway, upper hand, whip hand
Antonyms: inferiority, subordination, weakness

Hint 8

domination

Front 9

Askew

Back 9

askance, askant, aslant, awry, bent, buckled, catawampus*, cockeyed*, crookedly, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, topsy-turvy, turned, twisted, zigzag*
Antonyms: aligned, centered, even, in line, plumb, straight, true

Hint 9

crooked

Front 10

Asperity

Back 10

acerbity, acrimony, bitterness, churlishness, crabbiness, crossness, difficulty, disagreeableness, harshness, irascibility, irritability, moroseness, peevishness, roughness, sharpness, sullenness, tartness
Antonyms: amenity, good cheer, mildness, softness

Hint 10

meanness

Front 11

Aspersion

Back 11

abuse, animadversion, backbiting, backhanded compliment, black eye*, calumny, defamation, detraction, dirty dig*, dump, hit*, invective, knock*, libel, obloquy, put-down*, rap*, slam*, slander, smear*, vituperation
Antonyms: applause, compliment, extolling, kindness, laudation, praise
Notes: baptism by sprinkling is aspersion, by dipping is immersion, by pouring water is affusion

Hint 11

criticism

Front 12

Assiduous

Back 12

active, attentive, busy, constant, diligent, eager, exacting, grind, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, persevering, plugging, scrupulous, sedulous, steady, studious, unflagging, untiring, whiz, zealous
Antonyms: casual, lax, lazy, laid-back, neglectful, negligent

Hint 12

hard-working

Front 13

Assuage

Back 13

allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice*, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quench, quiet, relieve, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, temper, tranquilize
Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, intensify, upset

Hint 13

soothe