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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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| repress | to hold down |
| articulate | speaking clearly and well |
| solicit | to ask for; to seek |
| reproach | to scold |
| condescend | to stoop to someone else's level, usually in an offensive way, to assume superiority |
| orthodox | conventional, adhering to established principles or doctrines, especially in religion, by the book |
| indolence | laziness |
| congenial | agreeably suitable, pleasant |
| preclude | to prevent, to make impossible, to shut out |
| apprehensive | worried, anxious |
| elaborate | detailed, careful, thorough |
| arrogant | feeling superior to others; snooty |
| elusive | hard to pin down, evasive |
| efface | to erase, to rub away the features of |
| taciturn | untalkative by nature |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| acquiesce | to give in, to agree |
| atrophy | to waste away from lack of use |
| dubious | doubtful, uncertain |
| flagrant | shocking; outstandingly bad |
| concise | brief and to the point; succint |
| immutable | unchangeable; permanent |
| static | stationary, not changing or moving |
| credulous | believing, gullible |
| blasphemy | irreverence, an insult to something held sacred, profanity |
| coalesce | to come together as one, to unite |
| lax | careless, not diligent, relaxed |
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