Unit 2

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Animadversion

Answer 2

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 3

Avid

Answer 3

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 4

Brackish

Answer 4

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 5

Celerity

Answer 5

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 6

Devious

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Gambit

Answer 7

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 8

Halcyon

Answer 8

a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

Question 9

Histrionic

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Incendiary

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Maelstrom

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Myopic

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Overt

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Pejorative

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Propriety

Answer 15

the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Question 16

Sacrilege

Answer 16

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 17

Summarily

Answer 17

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

Question 18

Suppliant

Answer 18

asking humbly and earnestly
one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

Question 19

Talisman

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Undulate

Answer 20

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