Unit 2(11th grade voab)

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accost

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

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Accost

syn:buttonhole, approach ant: avoid, shun

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animadversion

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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Animadversion

syn: rebuke, reproof ant: praise, compliment

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avid

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

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Avid

syn: keen, enthusiastic, grasping ant: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

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brackish

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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Brackish

syn: saline ant: clear, sweet

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celerity

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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Celerity

syn: promptness, speed ant: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

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devious

straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

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Devious

syn: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful ant: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

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gambit

in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

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Gambit

syn: ploy, ruse, maneuver

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halcyon

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

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Halcyon

syn: tranquil, placid, palmy ant: turbulent, tumultuous

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histrionic

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

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Histrionic

syn: affected, stagy ant: muted, untheatrical, subdued

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incendiary

(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

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incendiary

syn: inflammatory, provocative, firebrand ant: soothing, quieting, peacemaker

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maelstrom

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

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Maelstrom

syn: chaos, turbulence, tumult

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myopic

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

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Myopic

syn: shortsighted ant: farsighted

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overt

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

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Overt

syn: clear, obvious, manifest, patent ant: clandestine, covert, concealed

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pejorative

tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

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pejorative

ant: complimentary, ameliorative

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propriety

(n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

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Propriety

syn: fitness, correctness ant: unseemliness, inappropriateness

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sacrilege

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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Sacrilege

syn: desecration, profanation, defilement

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summarily

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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Summarily

syn: promptly, peremptorily

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suppliant

(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

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talisman

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

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undulate

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

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Undulate

syn: fluctuate, rise and fall

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