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| 3015009704 | accost | (v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way Synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront |  | 0 |
| 3015013897 | animadversion | (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval Synonyms: rebuke, reproof |  | 1 |
| 3015017103 | avid | (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager Synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping |  | 2 |
| 3015017104 | brackish | (adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink Synonyms: briny, saline |  | 3 |
| 3015019628 | celerity | (n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action Synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed |  | 4 |
| 3015019629 | devious | (adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful |  | 5 |
| 3015022366 | 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 Synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver |  | 6 |
| 3015024515 | halcyon | (n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent Synonyms: (adj.) tranquil, serene, placid, palmy |  | 7 |
| 3015024542 | histrionic | (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic Synonyms: affected, stagy |  | 8 |
| 3015030896 | incendiary | (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 Synonyms: (adj.) inflammatory, provocative, (n.) firebrand |  | 9 |
| 3015033569 | maelstrom | (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction Synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult |  | 10 |
| 3015035726 | myopic | (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment Synonyms: shortsighted |  | 11 |
| 3015035727 | overt | (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patient |  | 12 |
| 3015039164 | pejorative | (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement Synonyms: derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |  | 13 |
| 3015039165 | propriety | (n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable Synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum |  | 14 |
| 3015042741 | sacrilege | (n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred Synonyms: desecration, propagation, defilement |  | 15 |
| 3015045061 | summarily | (adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely Synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly |  | 16 |
| 3015047172 | suppliant | (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly Synonyms: (n.) petitioner, suitor |  | 17 |
| 3015052708 | talisman | (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish Synonyms: good luck charm |  | 18 |
| 3015054657 | undulate | (v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form Synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall |  | 19 |
