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| to approach and speak to first |
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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 speech |
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| straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shift or underhanded way |
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| 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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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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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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| 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 |
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| to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration, to set forth |
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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 |
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| an object that serves as a charm or is believed to have magical powers |
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| to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
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