Vocabulary Unit 2

Question 0

Animadversion

Answer 0

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

To approach and speak first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

Question 2

Avid

Answer 2

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 3

Brackish

Answer 3

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 4

Celerity

Answer 4

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 5

Devious

Answer 5

Straying or wondering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

Question 6

Gambit

Answer 6

In chess: an opening move that has a risk involved or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; an opening move of this type

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

Noun: eight legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher. Adjective: of relating to Halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

Pertaining to actors and their techniques

Question 9

Incendiary

Answer 9

Adjective: deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion. Noun: one who deliberately sets fires; arsonist; one who causes strife

Question 10

Maelstrom

Answer 10

A whirlpool of great size and violence; situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and distruction

Question 11

Myopic

Answer 11

Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Question 12

Overt

Answer 12

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Question 13

Pejorative

Answer 13

Adjective: tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling; noun: a word that expresses disapproval

Question 14

Propriety

Answer 14

The state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards or what is proper or socially accepted

Question 15

Sacrilege

Answer 15

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 16

Summarily

Answer 16

Without delay or formality; brevity, concisely

Question 17

Suppliant

Answer 17

Adjective: asking humbly and earnestly. Noun: one who makes requests humbly and earnestly; petitioner, suitor

Question 18

Talisman

Answer 18

An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confirm magical powers, fetish

Question 19

Undulate

Answer 19

To move in waves or with wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form