Unit 2 Flashcards
(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
accost
(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
animadversion
(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
avid
(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
brackish
(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
celerity
(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
devious
(n.) 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
gambit
(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the ____; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
halcyon
(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical; artificial; melodramatic
histrionic
(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
incendiary
(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
maelstrom
(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
myopic
(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
overt
(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
pejorative
(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
propriety
