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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 from a 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 legendy identified with the kingfisher; calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent |
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| pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
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| deliberately setting or causing fires. tending to stir up strife or rebellion |
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| a whirlpool of great size and violence |
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| nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation. |
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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, belittling |
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| the state of being proper, appropriateness, standards of what is proper or 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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| object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amultet, fetish |
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| to move in waves or with wavelike motion |
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