Vocab 2

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

To speak to boldly or aggressively

Question 2

Animadversion

Answer 2

The utterance of criticism or censure

Question 3

Avid

Answer 3

Marked by keen interest and enthusiasm

Question 4

Brackish

Answer 4

Distasteful, unpalatable

Question 5

Celerity

Answer 5

Swiftness of action or motion, speed

Question 6

Covenant

Answer 6

An agreement entered into by two or more persons or parties

Question 7

Devious

Answer 7

Not straightforward, shifty

Question 8

Gambit

Answer 8

A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy

Question 9

Halcyon

Answer 9

Peaceful, ndisturbed, happy

Question 10

Histrionic

Answer 10

Excessively dramatic or emotional

Question 11

Incendiary

Answer 11

A chemical or person who starts a fire, literally or figuratively. Tending to start a fire or stir up rebellion

Question 12

Maelstrom

Answer 12

A violent or turbulent situation

Question 13

Myopic

Answer 13

Lack of judgment or long range perspective in thinking or planning

Question 14

Overt

Answer 14

Open and observable, not hidden

Question 15

Pejorative

Answer 15

Expressing disapproval

Question 16

Propound

Answer 16

To put forward for consideration, set forward

Question 17

Propriety

Answer 17

Accordance with recognized usage, custom, or principles

Question 18

Sacrilege

Answer 18

The act of violating or profaning anything sacred

Question 19

Summarily

Answer 19

Without delay, briefly

Question 20

Suppliant

Answer 20

Someone who makes a request earnestly and humbly. Asking humbly and earnestly, beseeching

Question 21

Talisman

Answer 21

Something that apparently has magic powers

Question 22

Undulate

Answer 22

To move in waves