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accost
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v
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront |
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animadversion
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n
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval synonyms: rebuke, reproof |
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avid
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desirous or something to the point of greed; intensely eager
synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping |
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brackish
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adj
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink synonyms: briny saline |
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celerity
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n
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed |
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devious
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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 |
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gambit
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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 |
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halcyon
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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 |
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histrionic
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adj
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic synonyms:affected, stagy |
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incendiary
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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 |
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maelstrom
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n
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult |
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myopic
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adj
nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment synonyms: shortsighted |
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overt
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adj
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized synonyms:clear, obvious, manifest, patent |
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pejorative
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adj
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
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propriety
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n
the state of being proper, appropriateness pl. standards of what is proper of socially acceptable synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum |
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sacrilege
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n
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement |
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summarily
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adv
without delay or formality; briefly; concisely synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly |
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suppliant
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adj
asking humbly and earnestly n one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
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talisman
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n
an object that serves as a charm of is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
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undulate
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v
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall |