| A | B |
|---|
| avid | desirous of something to the point of greed; intensley eager |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| devious | done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| accost | to approach and speak to first |
| incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires; one who causes strife |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| covenant | a solemn agreement |
| gambit | an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice to gain a later advantage |
| brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly |
| propound | to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration |
| propriety | the state of being proper, appropriateness |
| overt | open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| talisman | an object toat serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation, lacking foresight or discernment |
| summarily | without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| pejorative | tending to make worse, expressing disapproval or disparagement |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
