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19 Cards in this Set
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Accost
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V. To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way.
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Animadversion
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N. A comment indicating strong critism or dispproval.
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Avid
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Adj. Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager.
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Brackish
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Adj. Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink.
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Celerity
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N. Swiftness, repidity of motion or action.
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Devious
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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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Gambit
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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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Halcyon
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N. A legenday bird identified with a kingfisher
Adj. Of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, aflluent. |
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Histrionic
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Adj. Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic.
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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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Maelstrom
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N. A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction.
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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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Overt
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Adj. Open, not hidden, expressed ir revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
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Pejorative
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Adj. Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, deprecatory, belittling.
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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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Sacrilege
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N. Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred.
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Summarily
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Adv. Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely.
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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
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