Vocab Unit 2 (sets A & B) Flashcards
to confront, to approach and speak to first
accost
salty taste and unpleasant to drink
brackish
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
celerity
calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous; legendary bird
halcyon
deliberately causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; arsonist; one who causes strife
incendiary
whirlpool of great size and violence; situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
maelstrom
open, not hidden, expressed in a way that is easily recognized
overt
tending to make worse;expressing disapproval, belittling
pejorative
asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly, petitioner, suitor
suppliant
to move in waves or with wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
undulate
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
animadversion
desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
avid
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty way
devious
in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage
gambit
pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
histrionic
