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Vocab Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| Animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| Avid | desirous of something to the point of greed |
| Brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasent to drink |
| Celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| Devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| Gambit | in case, 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 |
| Halcyon | a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| Histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic |