click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
advcomp flash cards2
Question | Answer |
---|---|
to approach and speak first | accost |
a commentindicating strong critiscisim ordissaproval | animadversion |
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course | devious |
to approach and speak to first | accost |
deliberately setting or causing fires,designed to start fires. | incendiary |
a comment containing strong criticisim or dissaprval | animadersion |
a solemn agreement | covenant |
asking hubly and earnestly | supplaint |
to move in waves or with wavelike motion | malestrom |
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | sacrilige |
an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magial powers | talisman |
without delay or formality, briefly, conscicely | summarily |
having a salty tasteandunpleasant to drink | brackish |
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action | celerity |
a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness | halcyon |
pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, artiicial, melodramatic. | histrionic |
a move that involves sacrifice to get a greater gain | avid |
nearsighted, prude, narrowminded | myopic |
open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret: overt hostility. | overt |
having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force | pejorative |
to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose | propound |
conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners. 2. appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability. | propriety |
a whirlpool of great size and violence, a situation resembling a whirlpool or violence | undulate |