Unit 2 Vocab (syn/ant) Flashcards by Emily Gramza

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syn: buttonhole, approach, confront

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accost

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ant: evade, avoid, shun

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accost

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syn: rubke, reproof

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animadversion

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ant: praise, compliment

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animadversion

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syn: keen, enthusiastic, grasping

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avid

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ant: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

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avid

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syn: briny, saline

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brackish

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ant: fres, clear, sweet

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brackish

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syn: promptness, alacrity, speed

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celerity

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ant: slowness, slugishness, dilatoriness

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celerity

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syn: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

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devious

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ant: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

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devious

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syn: plot, strategem, ruse, maneuver

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gambit

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syn: (adj) tranquil, serene, placid, palmy

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halcyon

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ant: (adj) turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous

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halcyon

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syn: affected, stagy

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histrionic

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ant: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued

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histrionic

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syn: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult

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maelstrom

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syn: shortsighted

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myopic

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ant: farsighted

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myopic

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syn: clear, obvious, manifest, patent

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overt

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ant: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed

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overt

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ant: complimentary, ameliorative

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pejorative

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syn: fitness, correctness, decorum

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propriety

ant: unseemliness, inappropriateness

propriety

syn: desecration, profanation, defilement

sacrilege

syn: petitioner, suitor, humbly, earnestly asking

suppliant

syn: amulet, fetish, good luck charm

talisman

ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall

undulate

syn: (adj) inflammatory, provocative, (n) firebrand

incendiary

ant: (adj) soothing, quieting, (n) peacemaker

incendiary