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| 9428461066 | accost | (v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 0 | |
| 9428461069 | animadversion | (n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval | 1 | |
| 9428461072 | avid | (adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager | 2 | |
| 9428461075 | brackish | (adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink | 3 | |
| 9428461078 | celerity | (n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action | 4 | |
| 9428461081 | devious | (adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way | 5 | |
| 9428461084 | gambit | (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 | 6 | |
| 9428461086 | halcyon | (n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher | 7 | |
| 9428461090 | histrionic | (adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic | 8 | |
| 9428461093 | incendiary | (adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion | 9 | |
| 9428461097 | maelstrom | (n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction | 10 | |
| 9428461099 | myopic | (adj) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment | 11 | |
| 9428461102 | overt | (adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 12 | |
| 9428461105 | pejorative | (adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling | 13 | |
| 9428461107 | propriety | (n) the state of being proper, appropriateness | 14 | |
| 9428461111 | sacrilege | (n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 15 | |
| 9428461113 | summarily | (adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely | 16 | |
| 9428461115 | suppliant | (adj) asking humbly and earnestly | 17 | |
| 9428461117 | talisman | (n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish | 18 | |
| 9428461118 | undulate | (v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form | 19 |
