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accost
v
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront
animadversion
n
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
synonyms: rebuke, reproof
avid
desirous or something to the point of greed; intensely eager
synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping
brackish
adj
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
synonyms: briny saline
celerity
n
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed
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
gambit
n
in chess, an opening move taht involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; ay opening move of this type
synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver
halcyon
n
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
adj
of or relating to the halcyon; peaceful;happy; golden; prosperous; affluent
synonyms: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy
histrionic
adj
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
synonyms:affected, stagy
incendiary
adj
deliberately setting or causing fires;designed to start fires; tending to stir up srtife or rebellion
n
one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
synonyms: inflammatory, provocative, firebrand
maelstrom
n
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
myopic
adj
nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
synonyms: shortsighted
overt
adj
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
synonyms:clear, obvious, manifest, patent
pejorative
adj
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
propriety
n
the state of being proper, appropriateness
pl.
standards of what is proper of socially acceptable
synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum
sacrilege
n
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement
summarily
adv
without delay or formality; briefly; concisely
synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly
suppliant
adj
asking humbly and earnestly
n
one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
talisman
n
an object that serves as a charm of is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
undulate
v
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall