| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Accost | To approach and speak to first |
| Animadversion | A comment indicating strong criticism/disapproval |
| Acid | Desirous of something to the point of greed |
| Brackish | Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| Celerity | Swiftness, Rapidity of motion |
| Devious | Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done sly fully |
| Gambit | An opening move of this type; strategy, maneuver |
| Halcyon | A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; happy, golden; affluent |
| Histrionic | Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, stagy |
| Incendiary | Deliberately setting or causing fires; provocative |
| Maelstrom | A whirlpool of great size/violence; vortex; chaos |
| Myopic | Nearsighted; lacking a realistic view |
| Overt | Open, not hidden, clear; obvious |
| Pejorative | Tending to make worse |
| Propriety | The state of being proper; decorum |
| Sacrilege | Improper/disrespectful to something sacred |
| Summarily | Without delay or formality; promptly |
| Suppliant | Asking humbly and earnestly |
| Talisman | An object that serves as a charm; has magical powers |
| Undulate | To move in waves or with a wavelike motion |
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