Level G Unit 2 Flashcards

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1
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To approach and speak first

A

Accost

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2
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A comment indicating strong criticisms or disposal

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Animadversion

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3
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Desirous of something to the point of greed

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Avid

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4
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Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

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Brackish

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5
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Swiftness, rapidity or notion or action

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Celerity

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6
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Starting or wandering from a straight or direct course

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Devious

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7
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In chess, in opening move that involves taking a risk

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Gambit

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8
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A legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher

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Halcyon

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9
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Pertaining to actors and their techniques

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Histrionic

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10
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Deliberately setting or causing fires

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Incendiary

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11
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A whirlpool of great size of violence

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Maelstrom

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12
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Nearsighted, lacking a broad realistic view of a situation

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Myopic

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13
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Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

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Overt

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14
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Tending to make worse

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Pejorativea

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15
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The state of being proper

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Propriety

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16
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Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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Sacrilege

17
Q

Without delay or formality

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Summarily

18
Q

Asking humbly and earnestly

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Supplement

19
Q

In object that serves as a charm for is believed to confer magic powers

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Talisman

20
Q

To move in Waze world with a wavelike motion snake

A

Undulate