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20 Cards in this Set
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Accost |
Approach in an aggressive way |
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Animadversion |
A comment strong criticism |
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Avid |
Intensely eager |
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Brackish |
Salty unpleasant to drink |
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Celerity |
Swiftness, speed |
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Devious |
Wandering from a straight or direct course |
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Gambit |
Open move in chess to gain advantage |
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Halcyon |
Calm peaceful happy golden |
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Histrionic |
Artificial, pathetic |
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Incendiary |
Start a fire, start a rebellion |
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Maelstrom |
Chaos |
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Myopic |
Nearsighted realistic view of a situation |
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Overt |
Open not hidden clear |
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Pejorative |
Tending to make worse |
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Propriety |
State of being proper |
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Sacrilege |
Improper treatment of something sacred |
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Summarily |
Promptly |
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Suppliant |
Asking humbly |
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Talisman |
Object that serves as a charm |
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Undulate |
To move im waves wavelile motion |
