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Chicanery

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Cards (11)

Section 1

(11 cards)

Chicanery

Front

Trickery, deception (the sneaky lawyers misrepresented and confused the jurors. They depended on ___ to win the case)

Back

Boorish

Front

Rude and insensitive (although Mrs. Potts constantly interrupted her, she ignored his ____ behavior)

Back

Cacophonous

Front

Inharmonious (students make ____ sounds as they warm up. What a racket)

Back

Apprise

Front

To inform (when NASA was ____ of the danger, they postponed the launch)

Back

Adulterate

Front

To make impure (it is a crime to _____ food without informing the buyer)

Back

Anarchy

Front

Disorder, no governing body (the assassination led to ___)

Back

Appease

Front

To soothe or relieve (they tried to _____ the baby by offering a toy)

Back

Audacious

Front

Bold, daring (Luke Skywalker made an ____ death defying leap to freedom)

Back

Condone

Front

To excuse, forgive or overlook (Widow Douglas ____s Huck's minor offenses, but Miss Watson did nothing but scold)

Back

Bombastic

Front

Pompous with inflated language (puffed with conceit, he spoke in a ___ manner)

Back

Ambiguous

Front

Unclear or doubtful (his ____ instructions misled us)

Back