vocab 2

Question 1

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

Answer 1

accost-verb

Question 2

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Answer 2

animadversion-noun

Question 3

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Answer 3

avid-adj

Question 4

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Answer 4

brackish-adj

Question 5

swiftness; rapidity of motion

Answer 5

celerity-noun

Question 6

straying and wandering from a straight or direct course

Answer 6

devious-adj

Question 7

in chess, an opening moved that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece or to gain a later advantage

Answer 7

gambit-noun

Question 8

a legendary bird identified with the king Fischer

Answer 8

halcyon-noun

Question 9

calm/peaceful; happy

Answer 9

halcyon-adj

Question 10

pertaining to actors and their techniques

Answer 10

histrionic-adj

Question 11

deliberately setting/causing fires, stir up rebellion

Answer 11

incendiary-adj

Question 12

a whirlpool of great size and violence

Answer 12

maelstrom-noun

Question 13

near sighted; lacking broad or realistic view

Answer 13

myopic-adj

Question 14

open; not hidden

Answer 14

overt-adj

Question 15

tending to make worse; express disapproval

Answer 15

pejorative-adj

Question 16

the state of being appropriate or acceptable

Answer 16

propriety-noun

Question 17

disrespectful to something sacred

Answer 17

sacrilege-noun

Question 18

without delay or formality; briefly

Answer 18

summarily-adverb

Question 19

asking humble or earnestly

Answer 19

suppliant-adj/noun

Question 20

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

Answer 20

tailsman-noun

Question 21

to move in waves or with wave-like motion

Answer 21

undulate-verb