Vocab Chap 2 Flashcards
Accost
To approach and speak first. Confront
Animadversion
A comment indicating strong criticism or disproval. Rebuke, strong criticism
Avid
Desirous of something to the point of greed. Keen, enthusiatisic
Brackish
Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink. Briny, salty
Celerity
Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action. Promptness, swiftness
Devious
Done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way. Artful
Gambit
In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice a minor peace in order to gain a later advantage. Maneuver
Halcyon
Calm, peaceful. Serene, peaceful
Histrionic
Pertaining to actors and their techniques. Affected, melodramatic
Incendiary
Designed to start fire. Inflammatory
Maelstrom
A whirlpool of great size and violence. Turbulence, large whirlpool
Myopic
Nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation. Shortsighted
Overt
Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized. Obvious, manifest, not hidden
Pejorative
Tending to make worse. Insulting
Propriety
The state of being proper, appropriateness. Fitness, politeness
Sacrilege
Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred. Desecration
Summarily
Without delay or formality. Briefly, concisely. Promptly
Suppliant
Asking humbly and earnestly. One who request humbly and earnestly.
Talisman
An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer ,apical powers, an amulet, fetish. Good luck charm
Undulate
To move in waves or with a wavelike motion. To have a wavelike appearance or form. Ripple
