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| suppliant | Asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly |
| propriety | The states of being proper; standards of what is proper or socially appropriate (Syn)fitness, appropriateness, correctness (Ant) Unseemliness, innapropriateness |
| overt | Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized (Syn) clear, obvious, manifest, patent (Ant) Secret, clandestine, covert, concealed |
| undulate | To move in waves; to have a wavelike appearance (Syn) to ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall |
| sacrilege | Improper or direspectful treatment of something held sacred (Syn) a desecration, profanation, defilement |
| talisman | An object that 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 (Syn) shortsighted (Ant) Farsighted |
| summarily | Without delay or formality (Syn)promptly, peremptorily, abruptly |
| pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement (Ant) Complimentary, ameliorative |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool (Syn) Vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult |
| histrionic | Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial (Syn) Affected, stagy (Ant) Low keyed, muted, untheatrical |
| gambit | In chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrafice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage (Syn)a ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver |
| animadversion | Comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval (Syn) Rebuke, reproof (Ant) Praise, compliment |
| devious | Straying from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or roundabout way (Syn)roundabout, indirect; tricky, sly, artful (Ant) Direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard |
| brackish | Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink (Syn)salty, briny, saline (Ant) Fresh, clear, sweet |
| halcyon | A legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher; or or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden (Syn)tranquil, serence, placid; palmy (Ant) Turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous |
| avid | Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager (Syn) keen, enthusiastic, grasping (Ant) Reluctant, unenthusiastic, indifferent |
| accost | To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way (Syn)to buttonhole, approach, confront (Ant) Evade, avoid, shun |
| incendiary | Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; one who deliberately sets fires; an arsonist (Syn)inflammatory, provocative; firebrand (Ant) Soothing, quieting; peacemaker |
| celerity | Swiftenss, rapidity of motion or action (Syn)promptness, alacrity, speed (Ant) Slowness, slugishness, dilatoriness |
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