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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 or 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 to the point of greed; intensely 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 or 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 or underhanded way
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Gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage
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Halcyon
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calm, peaceful, happy
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Histrionic
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theatrical, artificial. Pertains to actors techniques.
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Incendiary
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designed to start fires
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Maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool of destruction
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Myopic
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nearsighted; lacking realistic view of a situation
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Overt
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open, not hidden, expressed in a way that is easily recognized
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Pejorative
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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval.
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Propriety
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the state of being proper, appropriateness
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Sacrilege
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Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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Summarily
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without delay or formality, briefly, concisely
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Suppliant
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asking humbly and earnestly OR someone who makes a request humbly and earnestly
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Talisman
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an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
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Undulate
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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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