Level G Unit 2 Vocabulary: Word List & Interactive Quizlet Study Guide
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Word List
- accost
(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way - maelstrom
(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction - animadversion
(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval - myopic
(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment - avid
(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager - overt
(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized - brackish
(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink - pejorative
(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling - celerity
(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action - propriety
(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable - devious
(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way - sacrilege
(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred - gambit
(n.) 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 - summarily
(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely - halcyon
(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent - suppliant
(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor - histrionic
(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic - talisman
(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish - incendiary
(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife - undulate
(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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