Unit 2 Vocab

Question 0

animadversion

Answer 0

(N) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 1

accost

Answer 1

(V) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

Question 2

avid

Answer 2

(Adj) desirous or something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 3

brackish

Answer 3

(Adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 4

Celerity

Answer 4

(N). Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 5

Devious

Answer 5

(Adj). Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or unchanged way

Question 6

Gambit

Answer 6

(N). In chess, an opening move that involved risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage. Any opening move of this type

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

(N). A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher

(Adj). Of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

(Adj). Pertaining to actors and their techniques. Theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

Question 9

Incendiary

Answer 9

(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.

Question 10

Maelstrom

Answer 10

A whirlpool of great size and violence. A situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

Question 11

Myopic

Answer 11

(Adj). Nearsighted. Lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation. Lacking foresight or discernment

Question 12

Overt

Answer 12

(Adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.

Question 13

Pejorative

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(Adj). Tending to make worse. Expressing disapproval or disagreement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

Question 14

Propriety

Answer 14

(N). The state of bing proper, appropriateness

(Pl). Standards of what is proper or socially accepted

Question 15

Sacrilege

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(N). Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 16

Summarily

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(Adv). Without delay or formality. Briefly of concisely

Question 17

Suppliant

Answer 17

(Adj). Asking humbly and earnestly

(N). Ono who makes a request humbly and earnestly. A petitioner or suitor

Question 32

Talisman

Answer 32

(N) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

Question 33

Undulate

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(V) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form