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Vocab Unit 2
Mrs. G's
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English
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01/18/2005

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avid
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intensely eager
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful, happy
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devious
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sneaky, roundabout
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accost
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to approach and to speack first
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incendiary
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setting fire or causing fires; tending to stir up rebellion
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animadversion
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a comment of strong disapproval
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gambit
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in chess, an opening move involving risk
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brackish
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having a salty taste
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histrionic
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theatrical
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celerity
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swiftness
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suppliant
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asking humbly; one who asks humbly
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propriety
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the state of being proper; appropriateness
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overt
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open, direct
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undulate
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to move in waves or wavelike motion
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sacrilege
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disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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talisman
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an object believed to magical powers
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myopic
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nearsighted; lacking a broad view; narrowminded
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summarily
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without delay; briefly, concisely
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pejorative
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tending to make worse; expressing disapproval
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence
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