unit 2

Question 1

avid

Answer 1

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 2

halcyon

Answer 2

a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher/ calm, peaceful, happy

Question 3

devious

Answer 3

straying of wandering from a straight or direct course

Question 4

accost

Answer 4

to approah or speak of first

Question 5

incendiary

Answer 5

deliberately setting or causing fires

Question 6

animadversion

Answer 6

a comment or indicating string criticism or disapproval

Question 7

covenant

Answer 7

a solemn agreement

Question 8

gambit

Answer 8

in chess, an opening nice that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain advantage

Question 9

brackish

Answer 9

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 10

histrionic

Answer 10

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

Question 11

celerity

Answer 11

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action responded with suprising

Question 12

suppliant

Answer 12

asking humbly and earnestly

Question 13

propound

Answer 13

to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration

Question 14

propriety

Answer 14

the taste of being proper, appropriateness or socially acceptable

Question 15

overt

Answer 15

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

Question 16

undulate

Answer 16

to move in wages of with a wave likes motion

Question 17

sacrilege

Answer 17

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 18

talisman

Answer 18

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

Question 19

myopic

Answer 19

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation

Question 20

summarily

Answer 20

without a delay or formality

Question 21

prejoritive

Answer 21

tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement

Question 22

maelstrom

Answer 22

a whirlpool of great size and violence