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="Caluminate," Breschi= toc ‍ (v.) to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously ‍‍ (syn.) defame, libel (ant.) flatter, whitewash, praise The athlete caluminated his coach after the difficult loss so the coach cut him from the team. (compound)

="Accost," Brennan= (v.) to approach and speak to first; to confont in a challenging or aggressive way (syn.) buttonhole, approach, confront (ant.) evade, avoid, shun I was accosted by the Jehoviah's Witness who preached his religion. (Complex)

= = = "Animadversion," Dowell = (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval (syn.) rebuke, reproof (ant.) praise, compliment The up and coming chef became depressed after receiving the animadversion from the food critic. (compound)

="Avid," Good-Cohn=

(Adj.) desirous of something to point of greed; intensely eager (syn.) keen, enthusiastic, grasping (ant.) reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic The avid salesman was not willing to sell the car for a lower price, but the owner settled for a fixed price. (compound)

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= ="Devious," Murphy= (adj.) straying or wandering from a straight course; done or acted in a shifty or underhanded way (syn.) roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful (ant.) direct, straightfoward, open, aboveground By using devious methods, the company got the congressman to vote for a bill the company favored. (complex)

="Brackish," Lee= (adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink (syn.) briny, saline (ant.) fresh, clear, sweet The chef was about to give his customer brackish water until one of the other chefs stopped him. (complex)

="Celerity," Munoz= (n.) swiftness, rapitiy of motion or action (Syn.) promptness, alacrity, speed (Ant.) slowness, sluggishness, dialorinesss The play occured with such celerity, the umpire almost missed the call. (complex)

= "Gambit," O'Malley = (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 type (syn.) ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver His opponent, having created a gambit, caused the intelligent chess player to fall for his trap. (Complex)

=**"Halcyon," Ortenzio**= (n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent (syn.) (adj.) tranquil, serene, placid, palmy (ant.) (adj.) turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous I have enjoyed these halcyon days. (Simple)

="Incendiary," Piedmont= (adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife (syn.) (adj.) inflammatory, provocative, (n.) firebrand (ant.) (adj.) soothing, quieting, (n.) peacemaker The incendiary representative caused many disputes among Congress. (Simple)

=**"Histrionic," Ostrowski**= (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic (syn.) affected, stagy (ant.) low-keyed, muted untheatrical, subdued The play we saw downtown was the most histrionic performance we have ever seen. (Simple)

="Maelstrom," Roche= (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction. (syn.) vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult (ant.) - - - - - - When I went to the store on Black Friday, I was surrounded by a maelstrom of holiday shoppers. (Complex) ==

== =**"Overt," Schuster**= (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized (syn.) clear, obvious, manifest, patent (ant.) secret, clandestine, covert, concealed The student's overt cheating earned him a severe punishment. (Simple)

="Pejorative," Villarreal= (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling (syn.) none given (ant.) complimentary, ameliorate Mr. Mohler considers many philosophies pejorative. (Simple)

= "myopic," Scully = (adj.) nearsighted;lacking a board,realistic view of a situation;lacking foresight or discernment. (syn.) shortsighted (ant.) farsighted The myopic planner didn't know how she was gonna control the class. (Simple)

="propriety," Walters= (adj.) the state of proper being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is socially acceptable (syn.) fitness, correctness, decorum (ant.) unseemliness, inappropriateness He had such low propriety, that no one liked him. (complex)

="Sacrilege" Wells= (n.) improper or disrespective treatment of something held sacred (syn.) desecration, profanation, defilement The man committed a sacrilege by burning the Bible. (Simple)

**"Suppliant" Wilson**

(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor (syn.) none given (ant.) none given The boy made a suppliant request to his mother. (Simple)

="Summarily" Williams = (adv.) Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely (syn) Promptly, Peremptorily, Abruptly (ant) None given  During the game, Ben was summarily ejected out of the game after a illegal move. (Complex)

="Talisman" Brennan = (n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish (sym.) None given (ant.) None given <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">The Mayan people made blood sacrifices on the top of their temple in order to please their Sun God. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">(Complex)