| A | B |
|---|
| avid | intensely eager; desire to the point of greed |
| halcyon | a legendary bird realted to the kingfisher; calm; peaceful |
| devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; acting shifty |
| accost | to approach an dspeak to first |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires; one who causes problems |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong disapproval |
| covenant | a solemn agreement |
| gambit | in chess an opening movled with a risk; looking to gain the advantage |
| brackish | having a salty taste; unpleasant to drink |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors; theater |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly |
| propound | to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration |
| propriety | the state of being proper; acceptable |
| overt | open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| undulate | to move in waves with a wavelike motion |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm or magical powers |
| myopic | nearsighed |
| summarily | without delay or formality; briefly |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; disapproval |
| maelstorm | a whirlpool of great size and violence |
