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v. to approach and to speak first;to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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accost
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n. a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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animadversion
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adj. desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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avid
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adj. having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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brackish
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n. swiftness,rapidity of motion or action
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celerity
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adj. straying or wandering froma straight or direct course done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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devious
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n. in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrafice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of the type
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gambit
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n. a legendary bird indentified with the kingfisher
adj. calm, peaceful, happy, golden |
halcyon
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adj. pretaining to actors and their techniques , theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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histrionic
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adj. deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires;tending to stir up rebellion
n. one who deliberately sets fires; arsonist |
incendiary
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n. a whirpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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maelstorm
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adj. nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic viw of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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myopic
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adj. open,not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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overt
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adj. tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparement, derogatory , deprecatory, belittling
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pejorative
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n. the state of being proper, approprateness
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propriety
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n. improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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sacrilege
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adv. without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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summarily
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adj. asking humbly and earnestly
n. one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
suppliant
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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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talisman
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v. to move in waves or with wavelike motion; to have a a wavelike appearance or form
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undulate
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