Unit 2 Flash cards

Accost (V)

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

SYM: approach

ANT: evade

Animadversion (N)

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Syn: rebuke

ANT: praise

Avid (adj)

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Brackish (adj)

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Celerity (n)

Swiftness irapidly of motion or action

Devious (N)

Streying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhand way

Gambit (N)

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

Halcyon (n)

Bird identifies with the king fisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy

Histrionic (adj)

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

Incendiary

Causing fires; design to start fires. (n) one who deliberately set fires

Maelstrom (N)

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

Myopic (n)

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

Overt (adj)

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way not that is early recognized

Pejorative (adj)

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, belittling

Propriety (N)

The state of being proper, appropriate (Pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Sacrilege (N)

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Summarily (adv)

Without delay or formality; briefly,

Suppliant (adj)

Asking humbly and earnestly. (N) once who makes a request humbly and earnestly

Talisman (n)

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

Undulate (v)

To move in waves or with a wave like motion ; to have a wave like appearance or form