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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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Flashcards, Matching, Concentration, Word Search
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| coalition | combination or alliance (especially of opposing parties and usually temporary) |
| coalition (RW) | league, confederation, federation, union |
| covenant | solemn agreement or compact |
| covenant (RW) | compact, pact, contract |
| fetish | something worshipped for its magical power |
| fetish (RW) | talisman, amulet, diabolism, necromancy, exorcism, idolatry, heliolatry, zoolatry, bibliolatry |
| incentive | stimulus, that which stirs one to do or be |
| incubus | nightmare, depressing burden |
| insurrection | armed uprising or rebellion |
| insurrection (RW) | insurgent, boycott, riot, uprising, mutiny, revolution |
| paradox | self-contradictory statement or condition |
| paragon | perfect model or pattern |
| plagiarism | the stealing of ideas, the stolen ideas |
| solstice | time when the sun is farthest from the equator |
| aesthetic | responsive to beauty, artistic |
| aesthetic (RW) | aesthete, dilettante |
| chimerical | of the nature of fantasy, imaginary |
| chimerical (RW) | chimera, quixotic, hydra, centaur |
| exotic | strange, foreign |
| forensic | pertaining to public debate, oratorical |
| ineffable | unutterable, inexpressible |
| maudlin | weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental |
| maudlin (RW) | fatuous |
| occult | of a magical nature, mysterious |
| occult (RW) | recondite, esoteric, abstruse, mystical |
| portentous | foreshadowing evil, awe-inspiring |
| portentous (RW) | sinister |
| relevant | pertinent, bearing on the topic |
| relevant (RW) | apropos, apposite, pertinent, germane |
| sadistic | cruel, fond of cruelty |
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AP English Literature & Composition, AP English Language & Composition, Writing Center |
Lincoln-Way West High School |
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