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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| foreshadowing | author giving hints as to what will happen in the book |
| enfranchise | give a group the right to vote |
| kindle | to start or begin |
| talisman | good luck charm |
| their | belonging to them/a group of people |
| plagiarism | stealing someone elses work or not giving credit for a persons work |
| tangible | able to be touched/ real |
| blatant | outspoken/ straight up |
| reprieve | second chance |
| pliable | bendable |
| oblivious | not aware of anything |
| obliterate | wipe out, destroy |
| tedium | boring atmosphere |
| cower | shrink back, hide |
| tranquil | calm, serene |
| deliberates | talks it over, debates to find an answer |
| foreboding | a sense of doom |
| offenders | a person who is charged with a crime |
| reproached | rebuked, send someone away harshly |
| perennial | never ending |
| cloistered | secluded, sheltered or hidden |
| disheveled | messy, unkempt |
| pondered | thought about |
| sway | change someone's opinion |
| temporal | of the earth, having to do with time |
| perdition | personal destruction of your soul, destruction |
| sonorous | having to do with sound |
| laudable | applaudable, worth praise |
| predator | hunter, someone who takes advatage of others |
| bigot | someone who hates anyone not like themselves |
| synonym | a word that means the same but sounds different |
| noxious | poisonous |
| abrasive | rough, harsh |
| they're | contraction for they are |
| billowing | filling with air |
| credible | believeable |
| hasten | hurry, rush |
| abstain | refrain from, keep from doing something |
| curtail | cut off, stop |
| bolster | lift spirits, support, help |
| cringe | recoil, duck |
| laceration | cut |
| tangent | off the path, off subject |
| abstract | not specific |
| incredulous | unbelieving, doubtful |
| prestigious | notable, high honor |
| administers | oversees, delivers |
| admonishingly | scoldingly, tell someone they are doing something wrong |
| retorted | answered back sternly |
| conformist | someone who goes with the crowd, wants to be the same |
| squandered | wasted |
| poignant | effecting emotions |
| abjectly | hopelessly |
| portly | plump, chubby |
| vagabonds | bums, homeless, beggars |
| palatial | rich and expansive |
| rigorous | difficult |
| counterfeit | fake |
| hamper | impede, keep from moving forward |
| placid | calm |
| there | a location |
| covert | secretive |
| enhance | make better |
| reprehensible | awful, horrible actions |
| plethora | a large amount of something |
| heed | listen to |
| accolade | award or recognition |
| headstrong | stubborn |
| tardy | late |
| onomatopoeia | words that sound like their meaning like "pop" |
| liberate | set free |
| perpetrated | committed a crime |
| verbatim | word for word |
| impose | place a restraint on someone, force your will on someone |
| apprentices | low level workers learning a trade from an experienced person |
| futile | useless |
| petitioners | applicants |
| attribute | a quality or characteristic |
| punctual | on time |
| chaotic | no order, crazy |
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