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Vocab G Unit 2
Question | Answer |
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accost | v. To approach and to speak first |
animadversion | n. A comment indicating stron criticism or disapproval |
avid | adj. Desirous of something to the point of greed |
brackish | adj. Having a salty taste; unpleasent to drink |
celerity | n. swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
devious | adj. Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course |
gambit | n. Sacrafice of a smaller piece to gain a later advantage |
halcyon | n. A lengendary bird like the kingfisher... adj. calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent |
histrionic | adj. Pertaining to actors and their techniques |
incendiary | adj. Deliberately causing fires...n. One who does so |
maelstrom | n. A whirlpool of great size and violence |
myopic | adj. nearsighted; narrow view of a situation |
overt | adj. Open, not hidden |
pejorative | adj. Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval |
propriety | n. The state of being proper...pl. standards of what is appropriate |
sacrilege | n. Improper or disrespectful of a sacred object |
summarily | adv. Without delay or formality |
suppliant | adj. Asking humbly and earnestly...n. one who makes a request humbly and earnestly |
talisman | n. An object that serves as a charm |
undulate | v. To move in waves or with a wavelike motion |