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| (v.) to approach and speak to first |
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| (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
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| (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
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| (adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
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| (n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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| (adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
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| (n.) in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
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(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
(adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden, prosperous, affluent |
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| (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
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(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion
(n.) one who deliberately starts fires; one who causes strife |
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| (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
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| (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view off a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
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| (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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| (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement |
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| to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth |
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(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness
(pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
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| (n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
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| (adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
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(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly
(n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly |
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| (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers |
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| (v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
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