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vocabulary test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Avid | intensely eager |
| Celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| Myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation |
| Overt | open, not hidden, expressed in a way that is easily recognized |
| Pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval, belittling |
| Summarily | without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| Suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly |
| Maelstrom | a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
| Brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| Halcyon | of or relating to the halcyon (legendary bird); calm, peaceful, happy, golden, prosperous, affluent |