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37 Cards in this Set
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accost
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v. to approach and speak first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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accost; S
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S: buttonhole, approach, confront
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animadversion
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n. a comment indicating strong criticisum or disapproval
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animadversion; S
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S: rebuke, reproof
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avid
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adj. Desirious of something to the point of greed, intensely eager
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avid; S
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S: keen, enthusiastic, grasping
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brackish
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adj. Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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brackish; S
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S: briny, saline
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celerity
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n. swiftness, rapidity or motion or action
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celerity; S
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S: promptness, alacrity, speed
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devious
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adj. Straying or wondering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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devious; S
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S: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
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gambit
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n. in chess, an opening move that involves the risk of a sacrifice of a minor piece in order to later gain advantage;
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gambit; S
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S: ploy, strategem, ruse, maneuver
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halcyon
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n. legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; adj. Calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous affluent
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halcyon; S
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S: adj. Tranquil, serene, placid, palmy
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histronic
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adj. Pertaining to actos and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
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histronic; S
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S: affected, stagy
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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. arsonist, one who starts strifes
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incendiary; S
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S: adj. Inflammatory, provocative; n. firebrand
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maelstrom
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n. a whirpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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maelstrom; S
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S: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
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myopic
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adj. Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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myopic; S
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S: shortsighted
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overt
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adj. Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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overt; S
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S: clear, obvious, manifest, patent
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pejorative
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adj. Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belitting
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propriety
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n. the state of being proper, appropriateness; pl. standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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propriety; S
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S: fitness, correctness, decorum
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sacrilege
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n. improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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sacrilege; S
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S: desecration, profanation, defilement
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summarily
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adv. Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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summarily; S
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S: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly
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suppliant
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adj. Asking humbly and earnestly; n. one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
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talisman
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n. an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
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undulate
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v. to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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undulate; S
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S: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall
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