Chapter 2

Question 0

Animadversion

Answer 0

Noun

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

Verb

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

Question 2

Avid

Answer 2

Adjective

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 3

Brackish

Answer 3

Adjective

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 4

Celerity

Answer 4

Noun

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 5

Devious

Answer 5

Adjective

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

Question 6

Gambit

Answer 6

Noun
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

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

Noun
A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher;
Adjective
Of or relating to the halcyon; calm peaceful; happy golden; prosperous affluent

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

Adjective

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

Question 9

Incendiary

Answer 9

Adjective
Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion
Noun
One who deliberately sets fires, arsonist, one who causes strife

Question 10

Maelstrom

Answer 10

Noun

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

Question 11

Myopic

Answer 11

Adjective

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

Question 12

Overt

Answer 12

Adjective

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

Question 13

Pejorative

Answer 13

Adjective

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

Question 14

Propriety

Answer 14

Noun

The state of being proper, appropriateness; (plural) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Question 15

Sacrilege

Answer 15

Noun

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 16

Summarily

Answer 16

Adverb

Without delay or formality; brief, concisely

Question 17

Suppliant

Answer 17

Adjective
Asking humbly and earnestly
Noun
One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, a suitor

Question 18

Talisman

Answer 18

Noun

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

Question 19

Undulate

Answer 19

Verb

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