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) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.) Icon to get a pronunciation of the word.| accost | to approach and speak to someone with a demand or a request |
| animadversion | harsh criticism |
| avid | enthusiastic |
| brackish | slightly salty water; unpleasant to drink; mixture of sea water and fresh water |
| celerity | speed |
| devious | misleading, tricky; not honest |
| gambit | an opening move or remark where one gives up something small with the hopes of gaining an upper hand |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful |
| histrionic | excessively dramatic or emotional |
| incendiary | causing fires or conflict |
| maelstrom | 1. large and violent whirlpool; 2. any violent or disorderly situation; chaos |
| myopic | shortsighted |
| overt | not secret |
| pejorative | insulting |
| propriety | correct or appropriate behavior |
| sacrilege | disrespectful treatment of something regarded as sacred |
| summarily | immediately |
| supplicant | beggar |
| talisman | any object thought to have magical or protective powers |
| undulate | make something move in a wavelike motion |