Accost
(v) To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging to aggressive way
Animadversion
(n) A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
Avid
(adj) Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
Brackish
(adj) Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Celerity
(n) Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
Devious
(adj) Straying or wandering from a straight ot direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
Gambit
(n) 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
Halcyon
(n) A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
Histrionic
(adj) Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artifical; melodramatic
Incendiary
(adj) Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately sets fires; arsonist; one who causes strife
Maelstrom
(n) A whirpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirpool in violence and destruction
Myopic
(adj) Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
Overt
(adj) Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
Pejorative
(adj) Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
Propriety
(n) The state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
Sacrilege
(n) Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
Summarily
(adv) Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
Suppliant
(adj) Asking humbly and earnestly; (n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
Talisman
(n) An object that serves as a charm or is believe to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
Undulate
(v) To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike apperance or form