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20 Cards in this Set
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Accost |
Approach and speack first; confront in aggressive way |
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Animadversion |
Comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
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Avid |
Desirous of something to point of greed |
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Celerity |
Swiftness, rapidity of motion |
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Devious |
Straying or wondering from straight or direct course; shifty |
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Gambit |
In chess, opening move that involves sacrifice to have a greater gain or advantage |
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Halycon |
Legendary bird; calm, peaceful, happy, golden |
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Histrionic |
Pertaining ro actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial |
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Incendiary |
Deliberately setting fires; stir up strife or rebelion |
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Maelstom |
Whirlpool of great size and violence |
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Myopic |
Nearsighted; lacking broad realistic view |
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Overt |
Open not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is recognized |
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Pejorative |
To make worse, expressing disapproval or belittling |
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Propriety |
State of being proper |
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Sacrilege |
Disrespectful treatment to something sacred |
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Summarily |
Without delay or formality, briefly |
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Suppliant |
Asking humbly and earnestly |
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Talisman |
Object that is a charm or holds magical powers, an amulet |
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Undulate |
Move with wavelike motion |
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Brackish |
Salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
