Adjective
Desirous of something to the point of greed; Intensely eager
What is Avid?
Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
What is Celerity?
To approach and speak to first; To confront in a challenging way
What is Accost?
Pertaining to actors and their techniques;
Theatrical, artificial
melodramatic
What is Histrionic?
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
Accost synonyms
What are confront and approach?
Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
What is Overt?
A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
What is Maelstrom?
Accost antonyms
What are evade, avoid, and shun?
Avid antonyms
What are reluctant, indifferent, and unenthusiastic?
The state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is socially acceptable
What is Propriety?
Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
What is Summarily?
Histrionic synonyms
An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
What is Talisman?
Summarily synonyms
What are promptly, abruptly, and peremptorily?