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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 soemthing 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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a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent |
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their techniques
theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
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incendiary
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deliberately setting or causing fires
designed to start fires tending to sitr up strife or rebellion |
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence
a situation resembling a whirlpool in destruction |
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myopic
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nearsighted
lacking a braod, realistic view of a situation, lacking foresight or discernment |
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overt
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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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pejorative
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tending to make worse
expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
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propriety
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the state of being proper, appropriateness
standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
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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
one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
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talisman
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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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to move in waves or with a wavelike motion
to have a wavelike appearance or form |
