To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval.

Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

In chessmen an opening move that involves risk, or a sacrifice of a minor peace in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

of or relating to the halcyon; calm peaceful, happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, artificial, melodramatic

Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires tending to stir up strife or rebellion. One who deliberately sets fires, arsonist, one who causes strife

In a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirl pool in violence and destruction

Nearsighted; lacing a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment.

Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.

tending to make worse; expressing disapproval, or disparagement. Derogatory, deprecatory, belittling.

The state of being proper, appropriateness. Standards of what is proper or socially acceptable.

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred.

Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

asking humbly and earnestly. One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner suitor.

an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish.

To move in waves or with a wavelike motion to have a wavelike appearence or form

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Unit 2 Vocabulary

Word	Definition
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; intensely eager
Brackish	having a salty taste and unpleasant 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 chessmen an opening move that involves risk, or a sacrifice of a minor peace in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
Halcyon	of or relating to the halcyon; calm peaceful, happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
Histoionic	pertaining to actors and their techniques, theatrical, artificial, melodramatic
Incendiary	Deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires tending to stir up strife or rebellion. One who deliberately sets fires, arsonist, one who causes strife
Maelstrom	In a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirl pool in violence and destruction
Myopic	Nearsighted; lacing a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment.
overt	Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
Pejorative	tending to make worse; expressing disapproval, or disparagement. Derogatory, deprecatory, belittling.
Propriety	The state of being proper, appropriateness. Standards of what is proper or socially acceptable.
Sacrilege	improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred.
Summarily	Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
Suppliant	asking humbly and earnestly. One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner suitor.
Talisman	an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish.
Undulate	To move in waves or with a wavelike motion to have a wavelike appearence or form

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