1. SHARED RELATIONSHIPS: Try to find pairs of words that have something in common. Find a relationship between the words. Then try to add a 3rd word.
Antagonist – person opposed to another. Adversary. Opponent
Contumelious – insolent, rude
Deficiency – incompleteness; lacking in something
Guileful – deceitful
Probity – integrity; honesty
Subjugate – to bring under control, to enslave
Avaricious – greedy
Doughty – brave, courageous
Foreboding – sense of impending evil or misfortune; ominous
foreshadow – giving an idea that something will happen
Furtive – stealth, sneaky
Maligned – uttered false reports; spoke evil of
Prosaic – matter-of-fact, straightforward, dull, lacking imagination & spirit
Tumult – commotion of a great crowd. Disorderly disturbance

2. Negative/bad behaviors
maligned
guileful
Negative/bad behaviors
An antagonist might behave in these ways.
Word 2
Word 1
Antagonist
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