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To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
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Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
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Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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Straying or wandering fro ma straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
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In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; Any opening move of this type |
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A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
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Relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
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Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic |
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A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
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nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
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Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires
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One who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
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open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, be belittling |
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the state of being proper, appropriateness
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Standards of what is proper and socially acceptable |
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improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
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without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
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asking humbly and earnestly
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one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
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An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, and amulet, fetish |
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To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
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