Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
(Adj.) Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
Avid
(N.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy golden; prosperous, affluent
Halcyon
(Adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, roundabout; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
Devious
(V.) to approach and speak to first
Accost
(Adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately starts fires; one who causes strife
Incendiary
(N.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
Animadversion
(N.) a solemn agreement
Covenant
(N.) in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
Gambit
(Adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Brackish
(Adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
Histrionic
(N.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
Celerity
(V.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
Undulate
(Adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly
Suppliant
(V.) to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth
Propound
(N.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
Propriety
(Adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
Overt
(N.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
Sacrilege
(N.) an object that services as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
Talisman
(Adj.) nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
Myopic
(Adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
Summarily
(Adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement
Pejorative
(N.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
Maelstrom
