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accost

to approach and speak or confront in a challenging or aggressive way

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animadversion

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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avid

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

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brackish

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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celerity

swiftness

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devious

(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

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gambit

ealry chess move to create later advantage; an opening move if this type

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halcyon

(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm

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histrionic

behavious that is theatrical artifical and melodramatic

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incendiary

(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires

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maelstrom

(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation of immense confusion and misdirected chaos

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myopic

(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad

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overt

(adj.) open

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pejorative

harmful; expressing disparagement derogatory deprecating belittling

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propriety

(n) the state of being proper

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sacrilege

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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summarily

(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly

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suppliant

(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly

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talisman

(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers

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undulate

(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

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solipsistic

the theory that only the self exists or can be proved to exist

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