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20 Cards in this Set
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accost
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to approach and speak first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way.
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belabor
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to work on excessively; to trash soundly.
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brackish
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink.
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cavort
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to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry.
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coherent
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holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful.
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distraught
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very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict.
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encomium
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a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.
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evince
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to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke.
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gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type.
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incendiary
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(adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife.
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instatiable
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so great or demanding as not to be satisfied.
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largesse
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generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions.
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murky
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dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking clarity and precision.
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overt
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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
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primordial
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developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient or earliest age; fundamental, basic.
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sacrilege
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred.
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taciturn
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habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little.
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talisman
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that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
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utopian
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founded upon or involving a visionary view of ideal world; impractical.
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viscous
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having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity.
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