accost
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way (v)
animadversion
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval (n)
avid
desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager (adj)
bracksih
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink (adj)
celerity
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action (n)
devious
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way (adj)
gambit
in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type (n)
halcyon
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher (n);of or relating to the halcyon, calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent (adj)
histrionic
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic (adj)
incendiary
deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion (adj); one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist, one who causes strife (n)
maelstrom
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction (n)
myopic
nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment (adj)
overt
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized (adj)
pejorative
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling (adj)
propriety
the state of being proper, appropriateness (n); standards of what is proper or socially acceptable (pl)
sacrilege
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held scared (n)
summarily
without delay or formality; briefly, concisely (adv)
suppliant
asking humbly and earnestly (adj); one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor (n)
talisman
an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish (n)
undulate
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form (v)