Synonyms Unit 2 Vocab Workshop Book G Flashcards
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Animadversion
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Rebuke, reproof
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Accost
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Buttonhole, approach, confront
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Avid
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Keen, enthusiastic, grasping
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Brackish
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Briny, saline
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Celerity
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Promptness, alacrity, speed
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Devious
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Roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
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Gambit
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Ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver
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Halcyon
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Tranquil, serene, placid, palmy
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Histrionic
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Affected, stagy
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Incendiary
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Inflammatory, firebrand, provocative
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Maelstrom
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Vortex, chaos, turbulence, turnult
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Myopic
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Shortsighted
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Avert
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Clear, obvious, manifest, patent
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Propriety
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Fitness, correctness, decorum
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Sacrilege
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Desecration, profanation, defilement
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Summarily
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Promptly, peremptorily, abruptly
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Undulate
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Ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall