Vocab quiz unit 2

accost

to approach and speak to fist, confront in a challenging or aggressive way

brackish

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

celerity

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

halcyon

a legendary bird identified with the king fisher
adj. of or relating to the calcyon;calm peaceful happy, golden, prosperous, affluent

incendiary

deliberately setting or causing fires, designed to start fires, causing strife or rebellion
n. one who deliberately sets fires or causes strife

maelstrom

a whirlpool of great size and violence, a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction.

overt

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

pejorative

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

suppliant

Asking humbly and earnestly
(n) One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

undulate

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

animadversion

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

aivd

desirous of something to the point of gree, intensely eager

devious

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

gambit

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

histrionic

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

myopic

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

propriety

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

sacrilege

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

summarily

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

talisman

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