Unit 2 SAT Terms

Question 1

Animadversion

Answer 1

(n.)

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 2

Avid

Answer 2

(adj.)

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager.

Question 3

Brackish

Answer 3

(adj.)

Having a salty taste and unpleasant 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; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way.

Question 6

Gambit

Answer 6

(n.)
in chess, an opening move that involved risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type.

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

(adj.)

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

Question 9

Indendiary

Answer 9

(adj.)
Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion
(n.)
one who causes strife deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

Question 10

Maelstrom

Answer 10

(n.)

a whirlpool or great size and violence; a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Question 11

Myopic

Answer 11

(adj.)

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

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; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

Question 14

Propriety

Answer 14

(n.)
the state of being proper, appropriateness
(pl.)
standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Question 15

Sacrilege

Answer 15

(n.)

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 16

Summarily

Answer 16

(adv.)

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

Question 17

Suppliant

Answer 17

(adj.)
asking humbly and earnestly
(n.)
one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

Question 18

Talisman

Answer 18

(n.)

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

Question 19

Undulate

Answer 19

(v.)

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

Question 20

Accost

Answer 20

(v.)

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