Vocab Quiz 2

Question 1

accost

Answer 1

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

Question 2

animadversion

Answer 2

A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Question 3

avid

Answer 3

Desirous is of some thing to the point of greed; intensely eager

Question 4

brackish

Answer 4

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Question 5

celerity

Answer 5

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Question 6

devious

Answer 6

Straining or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

Question 7

gambit

Answer 7

Chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type.

Question 8

halcyon

Answer 8

Legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher; of or relating to it; calming, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

Question 9

histrionic

Answer 9

Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

Question 10

incendiary

Answer 10

Really setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

Question 11

maelstrom

Answer 11

A whirl pool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool and violence and destruction

Question 12

myopic

Answer 12

Lighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Question 13

overt

Answer 13

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

Question 14

pejorative

Answer 14

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

Question 15

propriety

Answer 15

State of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Question 16

sacrilege

Answer 16

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Question 17

summarily

Answer 17

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

Question 18

suppliant

Answer 18

asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and honestly, a petitioner, suitor

Question 19

talisman

Answer 19

Object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

Question 20

undulate

Answer 20

Move in waves or with a wave like motion; to have a wave like appearance or form