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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| cozen | to trick | S: dupe, decieve, beguile |
| macrocosm | the universe; entire structure | S: cosmos, an entirety | A: model, miniature, microcosm |
| ancillary | subordinate or supplementary | S: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory | A: central, key; primary, principal, main |
| interstice | narrow space between things | S: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna |
| bowdlerize | to remove material considered offensive | S: to censor, purge, expurgate |
| icon | image or picture; symbol | S: image, symbol, emblem; idol |
| enclave | enclosed district or area | S: island, subgroup |
| forte | a person's strong point | S: gift, aptitude, speciality, strong suit | A: weakness, shortcoming, foible |
| condescend | stoop voluntarily to a lower level | S: to stoop, diegn, patronize |
| gratis | free | S: "on the house" | A: for a price |
| rapacity | inordinate greed | S: avarice, greediness, cupidity, voraciousness | A: liberality, generosity; altruism |
| virtuoso | brilliant performer | S: expert, master, prodigy, maestro | A: amateur, begineer, novice, mediocre |
| mountebank | trickster or swindler | S: imposter, quack, charlatan, swindler | A: sucker, dupe, "mark", "pigeon" |
| paean | song of praise or triumph | S: hymn, ode, anthem | A: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody |
| therapeutic | having the power to heal or cure | S: curative, salutary, salubrious, beneficial | A: harmful, injurious, deleterious |
| pragmatic | concerned with practical considerations or values | S: practical, down-to-earth, businesslike | A: idealistic, impractical, visionary |
| plethora | superabundance | S: superfluity, surplus, surfeit, glut, excess | A: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity |
| persiflage | lighthearted joking | S: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage |
| schism | division of a group into hostile factions | S: rift, breach, split in ranks | A: united front, reconciliation |
| quizzical | puzzled; mocking | S: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive | A: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous |
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