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Level G Unit 2

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show (v.) to approach speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way  
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Animadversion   show
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show (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensively eager  
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Brackish   show
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Celerity   show
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Devious   show
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show (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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show (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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Histrionic   show
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Incendiary   show
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show (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction  
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show (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment  
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show (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized  
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show (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling  
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show (n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable  
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show (n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something that is held sacred  
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show (adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely  
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Suppliant   show
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Talisman   show
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show (v.) to move in waves or in a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form  
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