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Vocab Unit 2
lesbians
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English
11th Grade
09/26/2012

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Accost
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to approach; confront in an aggressive way
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Animadversion
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A comment indicating strong criticism
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Avid
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Desirous of something to point of greed
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Brackish
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Having a salty taste or unpleasant to drink
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Celerity
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Swiftness; rapidity of motion
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Devious
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straying from a straight course; tricky, sly
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Gambit
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An opening move; strategy
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Halcyon
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A legendary bird; (adj) peaceful, calm, happy
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Histrionic
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Theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
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Incendiary
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Deliberately causing fires; stir up trouble
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Maelstrom
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a giant whirlpool or resembling a whirlpool
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Myopic
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nearsighted; lacking foresight or discernment
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Overt
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open, not hidden
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Pejorative
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tending to make worse, derogatory, belittling
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Propriety
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proper, socially acceptable
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Sacrilege
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improper treatment of something held sacred
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Summarily
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briefly, concisely
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Suppliant
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one who asks earnestly, petitioner, suitor
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Sacrilege
Definition
improper treatment of something held sacred
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Summarily
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Talisman
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an object that serves as a charm
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Undulate
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to move in waves or in a wavelike motion
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