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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to first |
| animadversion | commetn indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | desirous of something to the point of greed |
| brackish | having a salty taste and upleasant to drink |
| celerity | siftness, rapidity of montion or action |
| devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course or acting in a shifty ro underhanded way |
| gambit | in chess, an openign move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage or any opening move of this type |
| halcyon | alegendary bird identified with the kingfisher |
| histrionic | pertaingito actors and their techniques |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence |
| myopic | nearsighted lackin a broad realistic view of a situation |
| overt | open not hidden expressed in a way that is easily recongnized |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; disapproval |
| propriety | the state of being properk appropriateness |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | without delay or formality |
| suppliant | askng humbly and earnestly |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers |
| undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion |