Vocab Chap 2

Question 1

Accost

Answer 1

To approach and speak first. Confront

Question 2

Animadversion

Answer 2

A comment indicating strong criticism or disproval. Rebuke, strong criticism

Question 3

Avid

Answer 3

Desirous of something to the point of greed. Keen, enthusiatisic

Question 4

Brackish

Answer 4

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink. Briny, salty

Question 5

Celerity

Answer 5

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action. Promptness, swiftness

Question 6

Devious

Answer 6

Done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way. Artful

Question 7

Gambit

Answer 7

In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice a minor peace in order to gain a later advantage. Maneuver

Question 8

Halcyon

Answer 8

Calm, peaceful. Serene, peaceful

Question 9

Histrionic

Answer 9

Pertaining to actors and their techniques. Affected, melodramatic

Question 10

Incendiary

Answer 10

Designed to start fire. Inflammatory

Question 11

Maelstrom

Answer 11

A whirlpool of great size and violence. Turbulence, large whirlpool

Question 12

Myopic

Answer 12

Nearsighted, lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation. Shortsighted

Question 13

Overt

Answer 13

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized. Obvious, manifest, not hidden

Question 14

Pejorative

Answer 14

Tending to make worse. Insulting

Question 15

Propriety

Answer 15

The state of being proper, appropriateness. Fitness, politeness

Question 16

Sacrilege

Answer 16

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred. Desecration

Question 17

Summarily

Answer 17

Without delay or formality. Briefly, concisely. Promptly

Question 18

Suppliant

Answer 18

Asking humbly and earnestly. One who request humbly and earnestly.

Question 19

Talisman

Answer 19

An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer ,apical powers, an amulet, fetish. Good luck charm

Question 20

Undulate

Answer 20

To move in waves or with a wavelike motion. To have a wavelike appearance or form. Ripple