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(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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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 sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
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(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
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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.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
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(n.) the state of being proper, approprateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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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, an amulet, fetish
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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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(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; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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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.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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(n.) in chess, an opening move that involves 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.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
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(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
