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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| acquisitive | to acquire wealth, greedy |
| arrogate | to claim or take without right |
| banal | not original, |
| belabor | to overdue |
| carping | to find fault |
| coherent | sticking together |
| congeal | to change from liquid to solid |
| emulate | to imitate |
| encomium | praise |
| eschew | to avoid, shun |
| germane | relevant |
| insatiable | never satisfied |
| intransigent | refusing to compromise |
| invidious | offensive, hateful |
| largesse | generosity in giving |
| reconnaissance | a survey get information in advance |
| substantiate | to establish and prove |
| taciturn | silent, quiet |
| temporize | to stall |
| tenable | capable of being defended |
| accost | to approach in an aggressive way |
| animadversion | criticism |
| avid | enthusiastic |
| brackish | unpleasant, salty taste |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity |
| devious | straying from the norma. |
| gambit | an opening move |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful |
| histrionic | drama |
| incendiary | causing fire |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool |
| myopic | lacking vision of the future |
| overt | open, not hidden |
| pejorative | negative |
| propriety | being properly behaved |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful |
| summarily | all at once |
| suppliant | kiss up |
| talisman | a lucky charm |
| undulate | waving motion |
| articulate | to pronounce distinctly |
| cavort | to romp or prance about |
| credence | belief |
| decry | to condemn |
| dissemble | to disguise |
| distraught | very much agitated |
| eulogy | high praise, usually at a funeral |
| evince | to display clearly |
| exhume | to remove from the grave, dig up |
| feckless | unreliable |
| murky | cloudy, unclear |
| nefarious | wicked, depraved |
| piquant | spicy |
| primordial | at the very beginning |
| propinquity | nearness |
| unwonted | not usual |
| utopian | idealistic view of world |
| verbiage | too many words |
| verdant | green |
| viscous | gluey |
| atrophy | wasting away |
| bastion | a fortified place |
| concord | agreement |
| consummate | to complete |
| disarray | confusion, disorder |
| exigency | urgency |
| flotsam | stuff that floats |
| frenetic | frenzied |
| glean | to gather by bits |
| grouse | to complain |
| incarcerate | to imprison |
| incumbent | required |
| jocular | joking |
| ludicrous | ridiculous |
| mordant | biting or sarcastic |
| nettle | to irritate |
| pecuniary | related to money |
| pusillanimous | cowardly |
| recumbent | to recline |
| stratagem | a scheme or plan |
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