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accost
buttonhole, approach, confront
animadversion
rebuke, reproof
avid
keen, enthusiastic, grasping
brackish
saline, salty
celerity
promptness, speed
devious
roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
gambit
ploy, rouse, maneuver
halcyon
tranquil, placid, palmy, peaceful
histrionic
affected, stagy
incendiary
inflammatory, provocative, firebrand
maelstrom
chaos, turbulence, tumult
myopic
shortsighted
overt
clear, obvious
pejorative
complimentary, ameliorative
propriety
fitness, correctness
sacrilege
defilement, profanation
summarily
promptly, immediately, swiftly
suppliant
pleader, begger
talisman
good luck charm, amulet, idol
undulate
wave, ripple
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