198266244 | Accost | (v) to speak to first; to confront in an aggressive way | |
198266245 | Animadversion | (n) a comment indicating strong disapproval | |
198266246 | Avid | (adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager | |
198266247 | Brackish | (adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink | |
198266248 | Celerity | (n) swiftness; rapidity of action | |
198266249 | Devious | (adj) wandering from a straight course; acting in a shifty way | |
198266250 | Gambit | (n) an opening move in chess that involves risk of a minor piece; any opening move of this type | |
198266251 | Halcyon | (n) a legendary bird identified with the king fisher; (adj) relating to the halcyon; calm; prosperous | |
198266252 | Histrionic | (adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical; melodramatic | |
198266253 | Incendiary | (adj) deliberately causing fires; tending to stir up strife; (n) one who deliberately sets fire; one who causes strife | |
198266254 | Maelstrom | (n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirl pool of destruction | |
198266255 | Myopic | (adj) nearsighted; lacking a realistic view of a situation | |
198266256 | Overt | (adj) revealed in a way that is easily recognized | |
198266257 | Pejorative | (adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval | |
198266258 | Propriety | (n) the state of being proper; (pl) standards of what is sociably acceptable | |
198266259 | Sacrilege | (n) disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | |
198266260 | Summarily | (adj) without delay; briefly | |
198266261 | Suppliant | (adj) asking humbly; (n) one who makes a request earnestly | |
198266262 | Talisman | (n) an object that serves as a charm for magical powers; and amulet | |
198266263 | Undulate | (v) to move in a wavelike motion; have wavelike appearance or form |
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