Vocab quiz unit 2

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accost
to approach and speak to fist, confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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brackish
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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celerity
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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halcyon
a legendary bird identified with the king fisher
adj. of or relating to the calcyon;calm peaceful happy, golden, prosperous, affluent
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incendiary
deliberately setting or causing fires, designed to start fires, causing strife or rebellion
n. one who deliberately sets fires or causes strife
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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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overt
open not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
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pejorative
tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory deprecatory, belittling
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suppliant
Asking humbly and earnestly
(n) One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
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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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animadversion
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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aivd
desirous of something to the point of gree, intensely eager
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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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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
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histrionic
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
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myopic
nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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propriety
the state of being proper, appropriates;
(pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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sacrilege
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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summarily
without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
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talisman
an object that serves a a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish