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20 Cards in this Set
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accost
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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging and aggressive way
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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avid
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desirous of something almost to the point of greed; intensly eager
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brackish
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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celerity
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swiftness; rapidity of motion and action
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty way
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gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk a minor piece to gain a later advantage
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halcyon
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a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; calm, peaceful, happy
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their tecniques; melodramatic
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incendiary
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deliberatly causing or setting fires; tending to stir up a rebellion; a person who deliberatly sets fires
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence
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myopic
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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of things
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overt
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open, not hidden; expressed in a way that is easliy recognized
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pejorative
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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagment; derogatory
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propriety
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the state of being proper; standards for what is proper and socially acceptable
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sacrilege
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improper treatment of something sacred
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summarily
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without delay or formality
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suppliant
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asking humbly or earnestly; one who makes a request humbly or earnestly
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talisman
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an object that serves as a charm or is belived to confer magical powers
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undulate
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to move in waves or a wavelike motion
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