Vocabulary Section-2 Flashcards by Justin Rodriguez | Brainscape

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) Accost

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To approach and speak to first

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) Animadversion

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A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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) Avid

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Intensely Eager

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) Brackish

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unpleasant to drink

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) Celerity

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Swiftness

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) Devious

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Wandering from straight or direct course

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) Gambit

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A high risk , high reward, move or ruse

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) Halcyon

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Calm, peaceful, happy

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) histrionic

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Theatrical, melodramatic

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) Incendiary

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Deliberately setting or causing fires

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) Maelstrom

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Chaos

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) Myopic

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Lacking foresight

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) Overt

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Open, not hidden

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) Perjorative

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Tending to make worse

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) Propriety

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Appropriateness

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) Sacrilege

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Disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

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) Summarily

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Briefly

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) Suppliant

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Request humbly

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) Talisman

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An object that serves as a charm

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) Undulate

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Wavelike motion