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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| A | B |
| legacy | inheritence, bequest |
| vestiges | evidence, hints |
| careening | to sway from side to side; to lean to 1 side |
| abrupt | sudden, unexpected |
| constable | peace officer, policeman |
| spry | active, lively |
| gandling | tall, lanky |
| alacrity | enthusiasm, speed |
| barren | unfruitful, unproductive |
| meditatively | thoughtfully, pensively |
| musingly | contemplatively, pondering |
| affronted | insulted, upset |
| creastfallen | discouraged, disappointed |
| contrive | arrange, plan |
| tableau | scene, picture |
| cynicism | distrust, suspicion |
| bereaved | deprived of a loved one, one who grieves |
| epitaph | brief statement on a tombstone, a short eulogy |
| subside | diminish, lessen |
| anguished | grief -stricken, suffering |
| gullible | easily cheated or fooled |
| accountable | expected to answer for one's actions; responsible, liable, answerable |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt |
| clamber | climb scramble |
| choleric | hot tempered; quickto anger |
| latent | laying hidden or undeveloped potential |
| germane | relevant, to the point |
| dogmatic | characterized by an athoritative often arrogant, assertion of opinoins or belifs |
| eminent | standing out renowned distniguished a prominate |
| eloquent | expressive in speech, writing or movement |
| sluggishly | listlessly indolently |
| surged | rushed forward flowed |
| peccadillo | a slight or trifiling sin; a minor offenese |
| empathtic | forcibly expressive |
| hyperbole | large exaggeration |
| subjugation | suppresion, defeat |
| idyllic | charming in a rustic way natrually peaceful |
| diffident | lacking self-confidence, timid |
| pandemic | windspread, general |
| dissembling | avoiding, stalling |
| malcontent | dissatisfied with existing conditions |
| abstract | difficult understand; impersonal; theoretical |
| cleft | fissure crevice |
| incessant | contuinuing without interruption nonstop |
| countenanced | tolerated, put up with |
| diffused | dim soft |
| mogul | a very rich or powerful person; a magnate |
| succinct | breif and to the point; concise and terse |
| circumspect | cautious; headful of sitions and potential consequences |
| stalwarted | strong robust |
| cryptic | have an ambiguous or hidden meaning |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| philippic | a verbal denunciation charazeration by harsh insolting language; a timade |
| petlant | irritable, illtempered |
| defunct | dead or inactive; having ceased to exist |
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