Multimedia Vocabulary/VOCAB.iso/WORDS2.1

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abeyance        suspension or temporary inaction                                                                    The @ in the fighting allowed the people to escape.
altercation     noisy, heated, angry dispute                                                                        The noisy @ woke up the neighbors.
archipelago     a group of islands                                                                                  The beautiful @ was a favorite vacation spot.
brevity         shortness of duration; expressed in few words;    concise                                           The @ of the speaker's address was a welcome change.
chicanery       deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry                                                         Most of his money was made through criminal @.
crony           a close friend, especially of long standing                                                         He invited his @ to take part in the game.
divergence      going away in different directions; deviation                                                       The @ of the two estimates was striking.
fetish          an object of irrational reverence of obsessive    devotion                                          His weird @ surprised his friends.
harbinger       something that foreshadows what is to come                                                          Losing the luggage proved a @ of bad things to come.
improvisation   the act of composing, reciting, etc., without any preparation; using whatever is at hand            His masterful @ saved his team from defeat.
kilter          proper or working order                                                                             The broken toy was clearly out of @.
malice          an intention or desire to injure another                                                            Abraham Lincoln spoke of bearing @ toward none.
myriad          an immense number                                                                                   A @ of birds flew overhead.
orbit           a path traversed by one body in its revolution    around another                                    The moon's @ brings it through the earth's shadow.
perturbation    a disturbance of the regular course of a thing                                                      His @ was clear after his close brush with death.
quidnunc        one who seeks to know all that is going on; a     busybody                                          The @ quickly tried everyone's patience.
repugnance      the state of feeling aversion or resistance; anti-pathy                                             His initial feeling of @ was not overcome easily.
sophism         a false argument intentionally used to deceive                                                      The @ of the argument was easily seen once examined.
travail         strenuous physical or mental labor; anguish or    pain                                              The man's @s continued throughout the long, hot day.
vertigo         a feeling of whirling around; dizziness                                                             She had a great feeling of @ when looking down.