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GAMBIT ACCOST BRAKISH MYOPIC

TALISMAN PEJORATIVE PROPRIETRY SUMMARILY

ANIMADVERSION

INCENDIARY HALCYON AVID

HISTRIONIC CELERITY DEVIOUS UNDULATE

MAELSTROM SACRILEGE SUPPLIANT OVERT

Straying from a direct course

- roundabout, tricky, sly

DEVIOUS

An object believed to have special powers; a charm

- amulet, fetish

TALISMAN

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

- briny, saline

BRAKISH

Swiftness; rapidity of motion or action

- promptness, alacrity, speed

CELERITY

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

- rebuke, reproof

ANIMADVERSION

Without delay or formality; briefly,

- concisely, succinctly

SUMMARILY

The state of being proper; appropriateness.

- Acceptable, fit, correct

PROPRIETY

To move in wavelike motion

- ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall

UNDULATE

Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view; lacking foresight

- shortsighted

MYOPIC

Open, not hidden; expressed or reveled in a way that is easily recognized

- clear, obvious, manifest, patent

OVERT

Asking humbly and earnestly; making a request

- petitioner, suitor

SUPPLIANT

Desirous of something to the point of greed

- keen, enthusiastic, grasping

AVID

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

- desecrate, defile, profaneSACRILEGE

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or belittling

- derogatory, disparaging

PEJORATIVE

To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way

- approach, buttonhole, confront

ACCOST

A legendary bird or meaning calm, peaceful, and golden

- tranquil, serene, placid

HALCYON

A whirlpool of great size and violence

- vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult

MAELSTROM

Deliberately setting or causing fires; stirring up strife or rebellion

- inflammatory, provocative

INCENDIARY

An opening move in chess, or any opening move

- ploy, stratagem, maneuver

GAMBIT

Theatrical techniques used by actors; melodramatic presentation

- affected, stagy, overwrought

HISTRIONICS