Unit 2 Synonyms Flashcards by Tyler Yatsko | Brainscape

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Buttonhole, approach

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Accost

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Rebuke, reproof

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Animadversion

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Keen, enthusiastic, grasping

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Avid

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Saline

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Brackish

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Promptness, speed

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Celerity

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Roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

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Devious

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Ploy, ruse, maneuver

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Gambit

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Tranquil, placid, palmy

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Halcyon

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Affected, stagy

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Histrionic

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Inflammatory, provocative; firebrand

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Incendiary

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Chaos, turbulence, tumult

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Maelstrom

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Shortsighted

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Myopic

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Clear, obvious, manifest, patent

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Overt

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Fitness, correctness

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Propriety

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Desecration, profanation, defilement

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Sacrilege

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Promptly, peremptorily

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Summarily

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Fluctuate

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Undulate