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20 Cards in this Set
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accost (v) |
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
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animadversion (n) |
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
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avid (adj.) |
desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
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brackish (adj) |
having a salty taste unpleasant to drink |
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celerity (n) |
switfness, rapidity of motion or action |
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devious (adj) |
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
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gambit (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 (n) or (adj) |
a legendary bird identified with the king fisher; of or relating to the halcycon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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histrionic (adj) |
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
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incendiary (adj or n) |
deliberately setting or causing fires, designed to start fires, tending to stir up strife or rebellion |
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maelstrom (n) |
a whirlpool of great size and violence, a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
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myopic (adj) |
nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation, lacking foresight |
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overt (adj) |
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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pejorative (adj) |
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
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propriety (n or pl) |
the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
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sacrilege (n) |
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
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summarily (adj) |
without delay or formality, briefly, concisely |
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suppliant (adj or n) |
asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner or suitor |
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talisman (n) |
an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
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undulate (v) |
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wave appearance or form |
