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avid
(adj)- intensely eager
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halcyon
(adj)- calm, peaceful, happy
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devious
(adj)- sneak, roundabout
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accost
(v)- to approach and speak to first
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incendiary
(adj, n)- setting fires or causing fires,tending to stir up rebellion, one who stirs up rebellion
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animadversion
(n)- a comment of strong disapproval
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gambit
(n)- in chess, an opening move involving risk, an opening move
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brakish
(adj)- having a salty taste
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histrionic
(adj)- theatrical
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suppliant
(adj, n)- asking humbly, one who asks humbly
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propriety
(n)- the state of being proper, appropriateness
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undulate
(adj)- to move in waves or wavelike motion
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sacrilege
(n)- disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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talisman
(n)- an object believed to have magic powers
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myopic
(adj)- nearsighted, lacking a broad view, narrow-minded
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summarity
(adj)- without delay; briefly
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pejorative
(adj)- tending to make worse, expressing disapproval
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maelstrom
(n)- a whirlpool of great size and violences, a violent situation
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