Vocab2 Flashcards
Animadversion
A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
Accost
To approach and speak to first, to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
Avid
Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensively eager
Brackish
Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
Celerity
Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
Devious
Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course , done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
Roundabout, indirect, tricky
Gambit
In 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
Ruse, maneuver
Halcyon
A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
Of or relating to the halcyon; calm; peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous; affluent
Histrionic
Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical; artificial; melodramatic
Incendiary
Deliberately setting or causing fires
Maelstrom
A whirlpool of great size and violence;
Myopic
Nearsighted; lacking a board, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
Overt
Open, not hidden, expressed it revealed in a way that is easily recognized
Obvious, clear
Pejorative
Tending to make worse, expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory
Propriety
The state of being proper
Sacrilege
Improper of disrespectful of something sacred
Summarily
Without delay or formality
Suppliant
Asking humbly and earnestly
Talisman
An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
Undulate
To move in waves
