Unit 2 Flashcards
Animadversion
A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
Accost
To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way
Avid
Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
Brackish
Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Celerity
Swiftness; rapidity of motion
Devious
Straying from a straight or direct course, done in a underhanded way
Gambit
In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening of this type
Halcyon
A legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher; calm, peaceful, happy, Golden, prosperous, affluent
Histrionic
Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
Incendiary
Deliberately causing fires; decide to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires
Maelstrom
A whirlpool of great size in violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
Myopic
Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of the situation; lacking foresight or discernment
Overt
Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
Pejorative
Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval, belittling
Propriety
The state of being proper; appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable