| A | B |
|---|
| accost | (v.) to approach and speak to first |
| 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 |
| covenant | (n.) a solemn agreement |
| devious | (adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| 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 |
| 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, artificial, melodramatic |
| 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 |
