Unit 2

Question 1

Animadversion

Answer 1

(n) a comment indicating a strong critism or disapproval

Question 2

Avid

Answer 2

(adj) desirous of something to the point of greed

Question 3

Brackish

Answer 3

(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasent to drink

Question 4

Celerity

Answer 4

(n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 5

Devious

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Gambit

Answer 6

(n) in chess, an opening move that involves a risk

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

(n) a legendary bird identified with the king fisher

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

(adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques

Question 9

Incendiary

Answer 9

(adj) deliberatley setting or causing fires

Question 10

Maelstrom

Answer 10

(n) a whirlpool of great size and violence

Question 11

Myopic

Answer 11

(adj) nearsighted

Question 12

Overt

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Pejorative

Answer 13

(adj) tending to make worse

Question 14

Propriety

Answer 14

(n) the state of being proper

Question 15

Sacrilege

Answer 15

(n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 16

Summarily

Answer 16

(adv) without delay or formality

Question 17

Suppliant

Answer 17

(adj) asking humbly and earnestly

Question 18

Tailsman

Answer 18

(n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers

Question 19

Undulate

Answer 19

(v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion

Question 20

Accost

Answer 20

(v) to approach and speak to first