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| (adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
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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) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way. |
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| (v) to approach and speak to first |
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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 comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
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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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| (adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
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| (adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
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| (n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
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| (adj) asking humbly and earnestly (n) one who makes a request humby and earnestly |
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| (v) to put foreward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth |
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| (n) the stage of being proper, appropriateness (pl) standards for what is proper or socially acceptable |
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| (adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
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| (v) to move in waves or a wave-like appearance or form |
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| (n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
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| (n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers |
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| (adj) nearsighted, lacking a broad realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
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| (adv) without delaying or formality; briefly; concisely |
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| (adj) tending to make worse expressing disapproval or disparagement |
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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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