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Unit #2
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09/22/2004

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accost
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To apporach and speak to first, buttonhole
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism
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avid
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desirous of something to the point of greed, intensely eager, keen
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brackish
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having a salty taste, briny, saline
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celerity
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swiftness, rapidity of mothion, promptness
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout, indirect
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gambit
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ply, in chess an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece to gain later adcantage
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halcyon
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a legendary bird indentified with the kingfisher, calm, peaceful, happy, serene
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histrionic
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pertaining to actors and their techniques, affected
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incendiary
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deliberately steeing or causing fires, one who sets fires, provocative
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maelstrom
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a whirlpool of great size and violence, vortex
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myopic
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nearsighted, shortsighted
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overt
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open, not hidden, clear
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pejorative
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tending to make worse, expressing disapproval or disparagement
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propriety
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the state of being proper, fitness, correctness
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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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promplty, without delay
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suppliant
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asking humbly and earnestly, one who make a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner
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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, ripple, fluctuate
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