Unit 2 Flashcards by val .

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Buttonhole

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Accost synonym

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Avoid

Shun

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Accost antonyms

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Animadversion

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A comment indicating strong criticism

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Rebuke

Reproof

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Animadversion synonym

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Praise

Compliment

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Animadversion antonyms

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Avid

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Intensely eager

Greed

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Brackish

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Salty taste

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Clear

Sweet

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Brackish antonyms

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Celerity

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Swiftness

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Dilatoriness

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Celerity antonyms

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Devious

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Acting shifty

Wandering from direct course

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Artful

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Devious synonym

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Aboveboard

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Devious antonyms

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Gambit

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Sacrifice something small to later gain something big

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Ploy
Rude
Maneuver

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Gambit synonym

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Halcyon

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Peaceful
Happy
Bird

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Tranquil
Placid
Palmy

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Halcyon synonym

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Turbulent

Tumultuous

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Halcyon antonyms

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Accost

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Aggressively confront

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Histrionic

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Pertaining to actors and their techniques

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Affected

Stagy

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Histrionic synonym

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Incendiary

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Deliberately setting or causing fires

To stir a rebellion

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Inflammatory provocative firebrand

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Incendiary synonym

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Soothing quieting peacemaker

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Incendiary antonyms

Maelstrom

A whirlpool of great size and violence

Chaos turbulence tumult

Maelstrom synonym

Myopic

Lacking broad realistic view of the situation

Overt

Express it away that is easily recognizable

Manifest Patent

Overt synonym

Pejorative

To make it even worse | expressing disapproval

Proprietary

Appropriateness

Suppliant

Asking humbly or earnestly

Talisman

An object that Serves as a charm

Undulate

To move in a wave like motion