Accost v To approach and speak to firs to confront in a challenging or aggressive way Syn buttonhole approach confront Ant evade avoid shun approach at any cost Animadversion n A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval ID: 766224
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Accost (v) To approach and speak to firs; to confront in a challenging or aggressive waySyn: buttonhole, approach, confrontAnt: evade, avoid, shun**approach at ‘any cost’
Animadversion (n) A comment indicating strong criticism or disapprovalSyn: rebuke, reproofAnt: praise, compliment** ‘any mad version’ of a speech would be a critical remark
Avid (adj )Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eagerSyn: keen, enthusiastic, graspingAnt: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic
Brackish (adj) Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drinkSyn: briny, salineAnt: fresh, clear, sweet
Celerity (n) Swiftness, rapidity or motion or actionSyn: promptness, alacrity, speedAnt: slowness, sluggishness ***accelerate
Devious (adj )Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting a a shifty or underhanded waySyn: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artfulAnt: direct, straightforward, open***devilish
Gambit (n) 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 typeSyn: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver** ‘gamble a bit’ to win!
Halcyon (n)( adj)A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj)or or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluentSyn: (adj)tranquil, serene, placid, palmy Ant: ( adj )turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous
Histrionic (adj )Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramaticSyn: affected, stagyAnt: low-keyed, muted, subdued***historical plays/movies with histrionic actors
Incendiary (adj )Deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion (n) arsonist; one who causes strifeSyn: (adj)inflammatory (n) firebrandAnt: (adj)soothing, quieting (n) peacemaker **one who is ‘incensed’ is fired up!
Maelstrom (n) A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destructionSyn: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult** mal (bad) strom (storm) – bad storm
Myopic (adj) Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresightSyn: shortsightednessAnt: farsightedness** opic – optic (eyes)
Overt (adj )Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed ina way that is easily recognizedSyn: clear, obvious, manifest, patentAnt: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed**opposite of ‘covert’ or hidden
Pejorative (adj )Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittlingAnt: complimentary, ameliorative
Propriety (n) The state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptableSyn: fitness, correctness, decorumAnt: unseemliness, inappropriateness** appropriate
Sacrilege (n) Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacredSyn: desecration, profanation, defilement
Summarily (adv )Without delay or formality; briefly, conciselySyn:promptly, peremptorily** a summary is brief/concise
Suppliant (adj )(n)Asking humbly and earnestly; (n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor** please “supply me what I want”
Talisman (n) An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
Undulate (v) To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or formSyn: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall** modulate