Vocab 2 English H

accost

to apporach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive wat

animadversion

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

avid

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

brackish

having a salty taste and unpleasnant to drink

celerity

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

devious

straying or wandering from a straight or direct cause; alone or acting in a shifty or underhandled way

gambit

in chess, an opening move involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage

halcyon

a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm; peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous; affluent

historic

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical; artificial; melodramatic

incendiary

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

maelstrom

a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool, a violence and destruction

myopic

nearsighted; lacking a bread, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discenment

overt

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

pejorative

thending to make worse; expecting a disapporval or disparagement, detogaratory, deprecting, belittling

propriety

the state and being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially accepted

sacrillege

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

summarily

without delay or formality, briefly, concisely

supplient

asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner suitor

tallisman

an object that serves as a charm or is believed to cantor magical powers, on amulet, fetish

undulate

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