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vocab #2
vocab #2
22
English
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09/22/2005

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accost
Definition
to approach and to speak to first
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticizm and disapproval
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avid
Definition
intensely eager, enthusiastic, keen
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brackish
Definition
having a salty taste; unpleasant to drink
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celerity
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swiftness, with great speed, rapidity of motion
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covenant
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a solemn pact or agreement
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devious
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straying or wandering off the direct path; shifty, tricky, sly
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gambit
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the opening move
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halcyon
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mythology: a bird

calm, peaceful
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histrionic
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very melodramatic, theatrical
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incendiary
Definition
deliberately causing fire

one who deliberately causes fire
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool or situation resembling a whirlpool
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myopic
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nearsighted, lacking a realistic view
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overt
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very open, easily recognized, not hidden
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pejorative
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tending to make worse, expressing disapproval
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propound
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to put forward, to offer, to suggest for consideration
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propriety
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the state of being proper, appropriate; standard of behavior
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sacrilege
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disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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summarily
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promptly, concisely, briefly, quickly
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suppliant
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asking humbly and earnestly

person who asks etc.
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talisman
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object that serves as a charm or believed to be magic
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undulate
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to move in a wave-like motion
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