Vocab Unit 2

Question 1

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

Answer 1

accost

Question 2

syn: buttonhole, approach, confront

Answer 2

accost

Question 3

ant: evade, avoid, shun

Answer 3

accost

Question 4

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Answer 4

animadversion

Question 5

syn: rebuke, reproof

Answer 5

animadadversion

Question 6

ant: praise, compliment

Answer 6

animadaversion

Question 7

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Answer 7

avid

Question 8

syn: keen, enthusiastic, grasping

Answer 8

avid

Question 9

ant: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

Answer 9

avid

Question 10

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Answer 10

brackish

Question 11

syn: brine, salty

Answer 11

brackish

Question 12

ant: fresh, clear, sweet

Answer 12

brackish

Question 13

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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celerity

Question 14

syn: promptness, alacrity, speed

Answer 14

celerity

Question 15

ant: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

Answer 15

celerity

Question 16

straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhand way

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devious

Question 17

syn: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

Answer 17

devious

Question 18

ant: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

Answer 18

devious

Question 19

in chess and opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

Answer 19

gambit

Question 20

syn: ploy stratagem, ruse, maneuver

Answer 20

gambit

Question 21

a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

Answer 21

halcyon

Question 22

syn: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy

Answer 22

halcyon

Question 23

ant: turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous

Answer 23

halcyon

Question 24

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

Answer 24

histrionic

Question 25

syn: affected, stagy

Answer 25

histrionic

Question 26

ant: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued

Answer 26

histrionic

Question 27

deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to sir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who cases strife

Answer 27

incendiary

Question 28

whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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maelstrom

Question 29

ant: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult

Answer 29

maelstrom

Question 30

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

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myopic

Question 31

syn: shortsighted

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myopic

Question 32

ant: farsighted

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myopic

Question 33

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

Answer 33

overt

Question 34

ant: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed

Answer 34

overt

Question 35

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

Answer 35

pejorative

Question 36

complimentary ameliorative

Answer 36

perjorative

Question 37

the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Answer 37

propriety

Question 38

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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sacrilege

Question 39

syn: desecration, profanation, defilement

Answer 39

sacrilege

Question 40

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

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summarily

Question 41

asking humbly and earnestly (n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

Answer 41

suppliant

Question 42

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

Answer 42

talisman

Question 43

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

Answer 43

undulate

Question 44

syn: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall

Answer 44

undulate