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To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
Syn: Buttonhole |
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A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
Syn: Reproof |
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Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
Syn: keen, grasping
Ant: unenthusiastic |
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Having a salty tase and unpleasant to drink.
Syn: Briny, Saline |
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Swiftnesss, rapidity of motion of action
Syn: Alacrity
Ant: Dilatoriness |
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Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
Syn: Roundabout, Artful
Ant: Aboveboard |
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In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move in this type
Syn: Stratagem |
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A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
Syn: Serene, Placid
Ant: Tumultuous |
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Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
Syn: Stagy
Ant: Low-keyed |
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Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
Syn: Inflammatory
Ant: Peacemaker |
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A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
Syn: Vortex |
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Nearsighted; larcking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
Syn: Shortsighted
Ant: Farsighted |
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Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
Syn: Manifest
Ant: Clandestine |
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Tending to make worse; expressing disapprocal or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
Ant: Ameliorative |
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The state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
Syn: Decorum |
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Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
Syn: Profanation |
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Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
Syn: Peremptorily |
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| Asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
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| An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
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To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance in form
Syn: [b]Rise and fall[/b] |
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