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
