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20 Cards in this Set
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accost |
verb; to confront |
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animadversion |
noun; criticiscm |
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avid |
adj; enthusiastic |
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brackish |
adj; salty |
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celerity |
noun; swiftness
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devious |
adj; tricky |
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gambit |
noun; opening move/strategy |
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halcyon |
noun; legendary bird adj; calm |
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histironic |
adj; artificial |
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incendiary |
adj; deliberately setting fires noun; arsonist |
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maelstrom |
noun; chaos |
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myopic |
adj; near sighted |
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overt |
adj; clear |
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pejorative |
adj; to make worse |
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propriety |
noun; correctness |
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sacrilege |
noun; improper treatment |
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summarily |
adv; promptly |
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suppliant |
adj; asking humbly noun; a suitor |
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talisman |
noun; object w/ magical power |
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undulate |
verb; move like a wave |