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to approach and speak first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
What is accost
100
avid
What is desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
100
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What is brackish
100
inflammatory
What is incendiary
100
avoid, shun
What is accost
200
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
What is maelstrom
200
myopic
What is nearsighted; lacking a broad realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
200
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What is incendiary
200
tricky, sly
What is devious
200
slowness, sluggishness
What is celerity
300
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
What is devious
300
gambit
What is in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
300
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What is celerity
300
tranquil, placid
What is halcyon
300
untheatrical, muted, subdued
What is histrionic
400
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
What is sacrilege
400
suppliant
What is asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
400
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What is pejorative
400
promptly, peremptorily
What is summarily
400
unseemliness, inappropriateness
What is propriety
500
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
What is undulate
500
overt
What is open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
500
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What is animadversion
500
keen, enthusiastic, grasping
What is avid
500
complimentary, ameliorative
What is pejorative
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