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| Avid | (adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| Halcyon | (n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| Devious | (adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| Accost | (v) to approach and speak to first |
| Incendiary | (adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately starts fires; one who causes strife |
| Animadversion | (n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| Covenant | (n) a solemn agreement |
| Gambit | (n) in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
| Brackish | (adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| Histrionic | (adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic |
| Celerity | (n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| Suppliant | (adj) asking humbly and earnestly; (n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly |
| Propound | (v) to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth |
| Propriety | (n) the state of being proper; appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
| Overt | (adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| Undulate | (v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
| Sacrilege | (n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| Talisman | (n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers |
| Myopic | (adj) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
| Summarily | (adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| Perjorative | (adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement |
| Maelstrom | (n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
