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20 Cards in this Set
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Accost |
To approach or speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way (verb) |
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Animadversion |
A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval (noun) |
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Avid |
Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager (adj.) |
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Brackish |
Having a salty taste and is unpleasant to drink (adj.) |
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Celerity |
Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action (noun) |
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Devious |
Straying or wandering from direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way (adj.) |
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Gambit |
In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain later advantage; any opening move of this type (noun) |
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Halcyon |
A legendary bird identified with the king fisher (noun) Of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent (adj.) |
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Histrionic |
Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic (adj.) |
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Incendiary |
Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion (adj.) One who deliberately starts fires, arsonist; one who causes strife (noun) |
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Maelstrom |
Whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction (noun) |
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Myopic |
Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking forsight or discernment (adj.) |
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Overt |
Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized (adj.) |
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Pejorative |
Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling (adj.) |
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Propriety |
The state of being proper, appropriateness (noun) Standards of what is proper or socially acceptable (pl.) |
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Sacrilege |
Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred (noun) |
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Summarily |
Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely (adv.) |
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Suppliant |
Asking humbly and earnestly (adj.) One who makes requests humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor (noun) |
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Talisman |
An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish (noun) |
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Undulate |
To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form (verb) |
