Vocabulary Workshop Level G: Unit 2

Question 1

Animadversion

Answer 1

(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

Synonym: rebuke, reproof
Antonym: praise, compliment

Question 2

Avid

Answer 2

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Synonym: keen, enthusiastic, grasping
Antonym: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic

Question 3

Brackish

Answer 3

Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

Synonym: saline
Antonym: clear, sweet

Question 4

Celerity

Answer 4

Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Synonym: promptness, speed
Antonym: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness

Question 5

Devious

Answer 5

Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done acting in a shifty unheard way

Synonym: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
Antonym: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

Question 6

Gambit

Answer 6

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.

Synonym: ploy, rude, maneuver

Question 7

Halcyon

Answer 7

A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; relating of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy golden; prosperous, affluent

Synonym: tranquil, placid, palmy
Antonym: turbulent, tumultuous

Question 8

Histrionic

Answer 8

Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

Synonym: affected, stagy
Antonym: muted, untheatrical, subdued

Question 9

Incendiary

Answer 9

Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

Synonym: inflammatory, provocative; firebrand
Antonym: soothing quieting; piece maker

Question 10

Maelstrom

Answer 10

A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool of violence and destruction

Synonym: chaos, turbulence, tumult

Question 11

Myopic

Answer 11

Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Synonym: shortsighted
Antonym: farsighted

Question 12

Overt

Answer 12

Open not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent
Antonym: clandestine, covert, concealed

Question 13

Pejorative

Answer 13

Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling

Antonym: complimentary, ameliorative

Question 14

Propriety

Answer 14

The state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

Synonym: fitness, correctness
Antonym: unseemliness, inappropriate

Question 15

Sacrilege

Answer 15

Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Synonym: desecration, profs nation, defilement

Question 16

Summarily

Answer 16

Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

Synonym: promptly, peremptorily

Question 17

Accost

Answer 17

(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

Synonym: buttonhole, approach
Antonyms: avoid, shun