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EVS-DEF-2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak first in a challenging way |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism |
| avid | desirous of something to the point of greed |
| brackish | having a salty taste |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion |
| devious | wandering from a straight course; acting in a shifty way |
| gambit | in chess, an opening move that sacrifices a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage |
| halcyon | a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher;calm, golden, affluent |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques |
| incendiary | deliberately causing fires;tending to stir up rebellion;one who causes strife |
| maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size;a situation of violence |
| myopic | nearsighted;lacking a realistic view |
| overt | open, not hidden |
| pejorative | tending to make worse |
| propriety | the state of being proper |
| sacrilege | disrespectful treatment of something sacred |
| summarily | without delay |
| suppliant | asking humbly;a petitioner |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm |
| undulate | to move in waves |