Vocab Unit 2 Synonyms Flashcards by Sohan Sunkari | Brainscape

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buttonhole, approach

A

accost

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rebuke, reproof

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animadversion

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keen, enthusiastic, grasping

A

avid

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saline

A

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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tanquil, placid, palmy

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halcyon

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affected, stagy

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histrionic

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inflammatory, provocative (adj.)
firebrand (n.)

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incendiary

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chaos, turbulence, tumult

A

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

A

summarily

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fluctuate, rise and fall

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undulate