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20 Cards in this Set
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accost
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buttonhole, approach, confront
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animadversion
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rebuke, reproof. Strong criticism
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avid
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keen, enthusiastic, grasping
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brackish
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salty, briny, saline
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celerity
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promptness, speed
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devious
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indirect, sly, tricky, artful
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gambit
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ploy, maneuver
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halcyon
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tranquil, serene
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histrionic
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flashy, affected, stagey
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incendiary
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inflammatory, provocative
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maelstrom
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vortex, chaos, turbulence. Whirlpool of evil
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myopic
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shortsighted, nearsighted. Lacking broad view.
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overt
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clear, open, obvious
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pejorative
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Tending to make worse. derogatory, belittling
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propriety
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correctness, fitness, decorum
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sacrilege
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desecration, profanation, defilement
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summarily
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prompty, peremptorily, abruptly
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suppliant
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asking humbly and earnestly. A petitioner
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talisman
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A good luck charm. An object the brings magical powers
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undulate
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Move in waves. Ripple, fluctuate. Like Sin wave.
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