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Unit 2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accost (V) | To approach and speak to first |
| Animadversion (N) | A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| Avid (ADJ) | desirous of something to the point of greed |
| Brackish | salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | swiftness |
| devious | straying from a straight course |
| gambit | an opening move that involves risk |
| halcyon | legendary bird |
| histrionic | actors and their techniques |
| incendiary | causing fires |
| maelstrom | whirlpool of great size and violence |
| myopic | nearsighted/// lacking a broad realistic view of a situation |
| overt | open/ not hidden |
| pejorative | tending to make worse |
| propriety | the state of being proper |
| sacrilege | improper |
| summarily | without delay |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly |
| talisman | an object that serves as a charm |
| undulate | to move in waves |