Vocab 2

Question 1

Avid

Answer 1

Keenly desirous, urgently eager, greedy

Question 2

Brackish

Answer 2

Unpleasant to drink or taste; slightly salty

Question 3

Celerity

Answer 3

Swiftness, rapidity

Question 4

Covenant

Answer 4

A formal, solemn and binding agreement

Question 5

Didactic

Answer 5

Designed to teach (sometimes used negatively)

Question 6

Elliptical

Answer 6

Marked by brevity or economy; omitting some things

Question 7

Gambit

Answer 7

A possibly risky maneuver by which one seeks an advantage; stratagem

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

Theatrical, (overly) dramatic (often used negatively)

Question 9

Invidious

Answer 9

Tending to cause hatred; obnoxious, offensive

Question 10

Juxtaposition

Answer 10

The act of placing two or more things side by side, often for contrast or comparison

Question 11

Maelstrom

Answer 11

A large, violent whirlpool

Question 12

Myopic

Answer 12

Near-sighted, narrow-minded, lacking foresight or knowledge

Question 13

Overt

Answer 13

Open to view, not hidden

Question 14

Pejorative

Answer 14

Negative, disapproving, disparaging

Question 15

Propound

Answer 15

To propose; to put forward for consideration

Question 16

Propriety

Answer 16

Standards of what is proper or acceptable; appropriateness

Question 17

Summarily

Answer 17

Without delay; in a brief or decisive fashion

Question 18

Supplicant

Answer 18

One who humbly and earnestly asks or begs

Question 19

Talisman

Answer 19

An object viewed as a good luck charm or having magical powers

Question 20

Tremulous

Answer 20

Quivering, trembling (often with fear or panic)

Question 21

Undulate

Answer 21

To move with a rolling, wave-like motion; rise and fall

Question 22

Animadversion

Answer 22

A critical or disapproving remark