| A | B |
|---|
| accost | to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| avid | intensely eager; enthusiastic |
| celerity | swiftness; rapidity of motion or action |
| devious | acting in a shifty or underhanded way; wandering from a straight or direct course |
| halcyon | calm; peaceful; tranquil; serene; legendary bird identified with the kingfisher |
| incendiary | inflammatory; designed to stir up a rebellion; deliberately setting fires |
| maelstrom | whirlpool of great size and violence; vortex; chaos |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation |
| overt | open; not hidden; easily recognized; clear and obvious |
| pejorative | negative; derogatory; tending to make worse; disapproval |
| sacrilege | disrespectful treatment of something held sacred; desecration |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm or is believed to have magical powers |
