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20 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 criticism or disapproval
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avid
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(adj)desirous of something to the point of greed; intensly 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, rapidity of motion or action
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devious
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(adj)straying or wandering from a straight or direct course
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gambit
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(n)in chess, a 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 legendary bird identified with the kingfisher;(adj)of or realating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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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 or 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, derogatory, 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 exceptable
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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
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suppliant
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(adj)asking humbly or earnestly; (n)one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petioner, suitor
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talisman
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(n)an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
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undulate
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(v)to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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