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| accost | to approach and speak to first, to confront, buttonhole ant: evade, avoid |
| acquisitive | retain ideas acquiring wealth, greedy, avaricious Ant: altruistic |
| animadversion | strong criticism, rebuke, reproof ant: praise |
| arrogate | to claim, expropriate, usurp Ant: renounce |
| articulate | to pronounce distinctly, express clearly, elucidate, eloquent ant: mumble |
| avid | eager, keen, enthusiastic ant: reluctant,indifferentq |
| banal | hackneyed, stale Ant: original |
| belabor | to workon excessively, overwork |
| brackish | salty taste and unpleasent briny ant fresh sweet |
| carping | to find fault, criticism, nit-picking Ant: approving |
| cavort | to romp, to make merry, gambol |
| celerity | swiftness rapidity promptness ant slowness sluggishness |
| coherent | comprehensible, unifiedAnt: muddled |
| congeal | thicken,harden, jell ANt: liquefy |
| credence | belief, confidence ant: disbelief, incredulity |
| decry | to condemn, denoune ant: commend |
| devious | straying roundabout indirect sly ant direct |
| dissemble | to disguise, dissimulate, mask |
| distraught | agitated or upset, frantic ant: calm |
| emulate | to imitate, copy |
| encomium | a lavish tribute, panegyric Ant: comdemnation |
| eschew | shun, abstain Ant: embrace |
| eulogy | high praise, panegyric, encomium ant: diatribe |
| evince | evident, to provoke, exhibit |
| exhume | to remove from a grave, disinter ant: bury, inter |
| feckless | ineffective, weak, feeble ant: competent, effective |
| gambit | in chess an opening move ploy stratagem |
| germane | relevant, pertinent ANT: irrelevant |
| halcyon | legendary, calm peacefultranquil antg turbulent |
| histrionic | theatrical, melodramatic affected ant low keyed subdued |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires arsonist inflammatory ant soothing |
| insatiable | demanding as not to be satisfied, unquenchable, ravenous, voracious |
| intransigent | irreconcilable, uncompromising, unyieldind ant: lukewarm |
| invidious | offensive, hateful, malicious ant: flattering |
| largesse | generosity, liberality, munificence ant: stinginess |
| maelstrom | a whiorlpool of great size, vortex, chaos |
| murky | dark and gloomy, dim, cloudy ant: clear, lucid |
| myopic | nearsighted, lacking broad view, shortsighted ant farsighted |
| nefarious | wicked, iniquitous ant: virtuous |
| overt | open clear obvious ant secret cladestine covert |
| pejorative | to make worse ant complimentary, ameliorative |
| piquant | stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, tangy ant: bland, insipid |
| primordial | fundamental, original |
| propinquity | nearness, proximity ant: remoteness |
| propriety | the state of being proper, fitness, decorum ant unseemliness |
| reconnaissance | a survey made for military purpose, inspection or examination, scouting expedititon |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of somthing sacred desecration |
| substantiate | to establish by evidence,verify ant: refute |
| summarily | without delay, promptly |
| suppliant | asking humbly a pettioner |
| taciturn | silent, laconic ant: garrulous, loquacious,verbose |
| talisman | charm, amulet |
| temporize | to stall, to compromise, hedge |
| tenable | capable of being held, defensible ant: unjustifiable |
| undulate | to move in waves ripple, fluctuate |
| unwonted | not usual or expected, antypical ant: typical |
| utopian | visionary view, impractical, idealistic ant: realistic, pragmatic |
| verbiage | language that is too wordy, verbosity |
| verdant | green, immature, naive ant: scorched, barren |
| viscous | gluey quality, lacking in easy movement, gummy, sticky ant: watery |
Drag corresponding items onto each other to make them disappear.
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