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bkhs 12/G unit 2
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level g unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to first; to confront |
| animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or approval |
| avid | desirous of something to the point of greed |
| brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion |
| devious | straying or wandering from a straight or direct course |
| gambit | in chess, an opening move that involves risk |
| halcyon | a legendary bird; calm, peaceful, happy |
| histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques, melodramatic |
| incendiary | deliberately setting fires, stir up strife |
| maelstrom | a whirpool of great size and violence |
| myopic | nearsighted |
| overt | open, not hidden |
| perjorative | tending to make worse, expressing disapproval |
| propriety | in the state of being proper, what is socially acceptable |
| sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | without delay |
| suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly |
| talisman | a charm believed to confer magical powers |
| undulate | to move in waves |