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| to approach and speak 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 legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or 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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| deliverately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
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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 a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
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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; 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, an 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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