	Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search.

Vocabulary

Tools

weeks 1 through 4

A	B
accentuate	emphasize
affluent	wealthy
allegory	symbolic story
ambiguous	unclear
anagram	letters rearranged to form a new word
anecdote	brief story
assertion	a claim about something
brevity	briefness
bumptious	pushy
cite	quote
climactic	high point
coherently	logically
comely	attractive
comprehensive	all-inclusive
conjecture	a guess
connotation	implied meaning
consonant	harmonious
decadence	moral decay
despicable	contemptible
dissolute	immoral
embellish	elaborate on
epilogue	conclusion
epithet	descriptive character name
erroneous	incorrect
evasive	misleading
evoke	call forth
exacting	demanding
extemporaneous	spontaneous
felicitous	delightful
ferocity	fierceness
fidelity	loyalty
flaunt	to show off
foreshadow	suggest beforehand
forte	strength
fulminate	attack verbally
gibe	to jeer
goad	prod
gourmet	fine food
hypercritical	overly judgmental
hypochondriac	imagined illness
imbibe	drink
impregnable	unconquerable
inception	beginning
incongruous	inappropriate
inexplicable	unable to explain
infer	to conclude
intricacy	complexity
introspective	contemplative
irascible	irritable
laudable	praiseworthy
lucid	clear
misanthrope	people hater
miscreant	villian
noncommittal	not taking a position
nostalgic	longing for the past
novice	beginner
ostentatious	too showy
philistine	boorish, not educated in the arts
pretentious	make believe
proboscis	nose
prodigy	highly gifted
prologue	an introduction
protagonist	main character
provocative	stimulating
quixotic	foolishly idealistic
reiterate	repeat
repartee	witty comebacks
rudiment	basic concept, fundamental pricipal
sanction	to approve
satiate	satisfy desire
scrutinize	examine closely
stereotype	oversimplified
stigma	mark of shame
stipend	salary
subservient	submissive
surmise	guess
symposium	meeting
terse	few words
vernacular	everyday language
vivacious	lively

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