AP SEM Unit 2 Vocab SYN

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accost

buttonhole, approach, confront

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animadversion

rebuke, reproof

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avid

keen, enthusiastic, grasping

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brackish

saline, salty

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celerity

promptness, speed

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devious

roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

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gambit

ploy, rouse, maneuver

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halcyon

tranquil, placid, palmy, peaceful

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histrionic

affected, stagy

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incendiary

inflammatory, provocative, firebrand

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maelstrom

chaos, turbulence, tumult

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myopic

shortsighted

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overt

clear, obvious

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pejorative

complimentary, ameliorative

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propriety

fitness, correctness

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sacrilege

defilement, profanation

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summarily

promptly, immediately, swiftly

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suppliant

pleader, begger

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talisman

good luck charm, amulet, idol

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undulate

wave, ripple