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Sadlier G: Unit 2
Vocabulary Practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accost | to confront in an aggressive way |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | intensely eager |
| brackish | salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | swiftness |
| devious | acting in a shifty or underhanded way |
| gambit | an opening move that involves risk |
| halcyon | calm, peaceful, happy, prosperous |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors' techniques; overly dramatic |
| incendiary | deliberately setting fires |
| maelstrom | a large violent whirlpool |
| myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view |
| overt | open, not hidden |
| pejorative | tending to make worse |
| propriety | the state of being proper and appropriate |
| sacrilege | disrespectful treatment of something sacred |
| summarily | without delay or formality |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly |
| talisman | an object that serves as a magical charm |
| undulate | to move in waves |