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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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Junior Vocabulary - Chapter 22
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| colloquial | "informal, related to informal speech or writing, conversational." |
| crass | "tasteless, coarse, vulgar." |
| discerning | "observant, having a keen insight, perceptive, clear-eyed." |
| hyperbole | "overstatement, obvious exaggeration, usually for effect or emphasis." |
| incisive | "keen, penetrating, clear and sharp, pointed." |
| judicious | "prudent, showing good judgement, wise and careful." |
| prerogative | "a choice, a special right or privilage." |
| tacit | "understood although not spoken." |
| tactless | "insensitive, lacking skill or sensitivity in dealing with others." |
| whet | "to arouse, to excite or stimulate (the mind or appetite)." |
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