v2 Flashcards
Reconnaissance
Noun: a survey made for
military purposes;
scouting expedition
Substantiate
Verb: to prove; to verify;
to validate
Taciturn
Adj: laconic; inclined to
talk very little;
uncommunicative
Tenable
Adj: justifiable;
defensible; capable of
being defended
Animadversion
Noun: rebuke; a comment
indicating strong
disapproval.
Temporize
Verb: to procrastinate; to
avoid a confrontation; to
dillydally
Accost
Verb: to confront in an
aggressive way; to
buttonhole
Avid
Adj: intensely eager; keen;
enthusiastic
Brackish
Adj: salty; briny
Devious
Adj: tricky; sly; done or
acting in a shifty way
Celerity
Noun: swiftness; alacrity;
speed
Gambit
Noun: a ruse; a ploy;
maneuver
Halcyon
Adj: tranquil; calm;
peaceful
Histrionic
Adj: melodramatic;
theatrical; artificial
Incendiary
Adj: deliberately setting or causing fires | Noun: Arsonist
