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21 Cards in this Set

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Accost

Buttonhole, approach


And;


Avoid, shun

Animadversion

Rebuke, reproof


And;


Praise, compliment

Avid

Keen, enthusiastic


And;


Reluctant, indifferent

Brackish

Saline


And;


Clear, sweet

Celerity

Promptness, speed


And;


Slowness, sluggishness

Devious

Sly, tricky


And;


Straightforward, direct

Gambit

Ploy, ruse

Halcyon

Tranquil, placid


And;


Turbulent, tumultuous

Histrionic

Affected, stagy


And;


Muted, subdued

Incendiary

Provocative, inflammatory


And;


Soothing, quiet



Firebrand


And;


Peacemaker

Maelstrom

Chaos, turbulence

Myopic

Shortsighted


And;


Farsighted

Overt

Clear, obvious


And;


Concealed, covert

Pejorative

Antonyms: complimentary, ameliorative

Propriety

Fitness, correctness


And;


Unseemliness, inappropriateness

Sacrilege

Defilement, profanation

Summarily

Promptly, briefly

Suppliant

(There's nothing)

Tailsman

(There's nothing)

Undulate

Fluctuate, rise and fall

Avid

Keen, enthusiastic


And;


Reluctant, indifferent