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| 7602999801 | accost v. | to approach and speak to first | 0 | |
| 7602999802 | animadversion n. | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval | 1 | |
| 7602999803 | avid adj. | intensely eager | 2 | |
| 7602999804 | brackish adj. | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink | 3 | |
| 7602999805 | celerity n. | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action | 4 | |
| 7602999806 | devious adj. | done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way | 5 | |
| 7602999807 | gambit n. | in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage | 6 | |
| 7602999808 | halcyon n. adj. | a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent | 7 | |
| 7602999809 | histrionic adj. | theatrical, artificial; melodramatic | 8 | |
| 7602999810 | incendiary adj. n. | deliberately setting or causing fires one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist | 9 | |
| 7602999811 | maelstrom n. | a whirlpool of great size and violence | 10 | |
| 7602999812 | myopic adj. | lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation | 11 | |
| 7602999813 | overt adj. | open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 12 | |
| 7602999814 | pejorative adj. | expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling | 13 | |
| 7602999815 | propriety n. pl. | the state of being proper, appropriateness standards of what is proper or socially acceptable | 14 | |
| 7602999816 | sacrilege n. | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 15 | |
| 7602999817 | summarily adj. | without delay or formality; briefly, concisely | 16 | |
| 7602999818 | suppliant adj. n. | asking humbly and earnestly one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor | 17 | |
| 7602999819 | talisman n. | an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish | 18 | |
| 7602999820 | undulate v. | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion | 19 |
