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20 Cards in this Set
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(v.) To appproach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or agressive way
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accost
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(n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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animadversion
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(adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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avid
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(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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brackish
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(n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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celerity
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(adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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devious
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(n) 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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gambit
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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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incendiary
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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
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(adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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histrionic
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(adj) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation lacking foresight or discernment
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myopic
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(n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous,affluent
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halcyon
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(adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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overt
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(adj)Tending to make worse; expressing dissaproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
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pejorative
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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
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(n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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sacrilege
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(adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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summarily
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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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suppliant
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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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talisman
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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
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