What do all of the words below have in common? Then, how are the words in the first column different from the words in the second column?

ANTONYMS           BANNER       
BOTTOM                 BEVERAGE
BRICKS                   CHARITABLE
CADAVERS             DECORATE
DIALECTS               DISGRACEFUL
GALLANT               EXCELLENTLY
HUGENESS             MADAM
INSTANCE               MALICES
REMARKED            MOROSELY
SPRAYED                OKAYS
TARPAULINS          PREVENT
THANKS                  SCAPEGOAT

Answers:

Exactly centered in each word is a first name - male names in the left column, and female names in the right column:

anTONYms          bANNEr
bOTTOm              beVERAge
bRICKs                 chaRITAble
caDAVErs             deCORAte
diALECts              disGRACEful
gALLANt              excELLENtly
huGENEss             mADAm
inSTANce              mALICEs
reMARKed           moROSEly
spRAYed                oKAYs
tarPAULins           prEVEnt
tHANKs                scaPEGoat 

Credit:
GAMES/WORLD OF PUZZLES
February, 2015
Raymond Love
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