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Unit 2
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accost | (v.) To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| Animadversion | (n.) A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| Avid | (adj.) Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| Brackish | (adj.) Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| Celerity | (n.) Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| Devious | (adj.) Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| Gambit | (n.) in chess, and opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain |
| Halcyon | |
| Histrionic | |
| Incendiary | |
| Maelstrom | |
| Myopic |