Vocab Unit 2

Question 1

Avid

Answer 1

Intensely eager; enthusiastic

Reluctant

Question 2

Halcyon

Answer 2

calm, peaceful; tranquil, serene

turbulent, chaotic

Question 3

Devious

Answer 3

straying from a straight path; done in a shifty way; indirect, sly

straightforward, direct

Question 4

Accost

Answer 4

to approach and speak first; confront

evade, shun

Question 5

Incendiary

Answer 5

deliberately starting fires, stirring up strife, inflammatory

Question 6

Animadversion

Answer 6

a comment indicating strong criticism, criticisms

praise, compliment

Question 7

Covenant

Answer 7

solemn agreement, pact

Question 8

gambit

Answer 8

opening move that risks a minor piece to gain a later advantage; ploy, stratagem, ruse

Question 9

brackish

Answer 9

having a salty taste, salty briny saline

fresh clear sweet

Question 10

histrionic

Answer 10

pertaining to actors, theatrical, dramatic

subdued

Question 11

celerity

Answer 11

swiftness, rapidity of motion, promptness speed
sluggishness

Question 12

suppliant

Answer 12

asking humbly and earnestly, one who requests earnestly, petitioner

Question 13

propound

Answer 13

to put forward, offer, propose

Question 14

propriety

Answer 14

the state of being proper, appropriateness, fitness, correctness

inappropriateness

Question 15

overt

Answer 15

open, not hidden, clear obvious

covert secret