Level G Unit 2 Flashcards
To approach and speak first
Accost
A comment indicating strong criticisms or disposal
Animadversion
Desirous of something to the point of greed
Avid
Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Brackish
Swiftness, rapidity or notion or action
Celerity
Starting or wandering from a straight or direct course
Devious
In chess, in opening move that involves taking a risk
Gambit
A legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher
Halcyon
Pertaining to actors and their techniques
Histrionic
Deliberately setting or causing fires
Incendiary
A whirlpool of great size of violence
Maelstrom
Nearsighted, lacking a broad realistic view of a situation
Myopic
Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
Overt
Tending to make worse
Pejorativea
The state of being proper
Propriety
Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
Sacrilege
Without delay or formality
Summarily
Asking humbly and earnestly
Supplement
In object that serves as a charm for is believed to confer magic powers
Talisman
To move in Waze world with a wavelike motion snake
Undulate