Unit 2

Question 1

(adjective) melodramatic

Answer 1

histrionic

Question 2

(adjective) theatrical, artificial

Answer 2

histrionic

Question 3

(noun) one who causes strife

Answer 3

incendiary

Question 4

(adjective) tending to stir up strife or rebellion

Answer 4

incendiary

Question 5

(noun) a situation resembling a whirlpol in violence and destruction

Answer 5

maelstrom

Question 6

(adjective) lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation

Answer 6

myopic

Question 7

(adjective) lacking foresight or discernment

Answer 7

myopic

Question 8

(noun) any opening move of this type

Answer 8

gambit

Question 9

(intransitive verb) to have a wavelike appearance or form

Answer 9

undulate

Question 10

(adjective) happy, golden

Answer 10

halcyon

Question 11

(adjective) calm, peaceful

Answer 11

halcyon

Question 12

(adjective) prosperous, affluent

Answer 12

halcyon

Question 13

(transitive verb) to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

Answer 13

accost

Question 14

(adjective) desirous of somehting to the point of greed

Answer 14

avid

Question 15

(adjective) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Answer 15

brackish

Question 16

(adjective) done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

Answer 16

devious

Question 17

(adjective) deliberately setting or causing fires

Answer 17

incendiary

Question 18

(noun) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist

Answer 18

incendiary

Question 19

(adjective) expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

Answer 19

perjorative

Question 20

(noun) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Answer 20

sacrilege

Question 21

(transitive verb) to approach and speak to first

Answer 21

accost

Question 22

(noun) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Answer 22

animadversion

Question 23

(adjective) intensely eager

Answer 23

avid

Question 24

(adjective) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course

Answer 24

devious

Question 25

(noun) in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage

Answer 25

gambit

Question 26

(noun) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher

Answer 26

halcyon

Question 27

(adjective) of or relating to the halcyon

Answer 27

halcyon

Question 28

(adjective) pertaining to actors and their techniques

Answer 28

histrionic

Question 29

(adjective) designed to start fires

Answer 29

incendiary

Question 30

(noun) a whirlpool of great size and violence

Answer 30

maelstrom

Question 31

(adjective) nearsighted

Answer 31

myopic

Question 32

(adjective) open, not hidden, expressed or reavealed in a way that is easily recognized

Answer 32

overt

Question 33

(adjective) tending to make worse

Answer 33

perjorative

Question 34

(noun) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Answer 34

proprieties

Question 35

(noun) the state of being proper, appropriateness

Answer 35

propriety

Question 36

(adverb) without delay or formality

Answer 36

summarily

Question 37

(adverb) briefly, concisely

Answer 37

summarily

Question 38

(noun) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

Answer 38

suppliant

Question 39

(adjective) asking humbly and earnestly

Answer 39

suppliant

Question 40

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

Answer 40

talisman

Question 41

(intransitive verb) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

Answer 41

undulate

Question 42

(noun) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Answer 42

celerity