Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| accost | v. to approach first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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| animadversion | n. a comment with strong criticism or disapproval.
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| avid | adj. intensely eager; desirous of something to the point of greed.
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| brackish | adj. having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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| celerity | n. swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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| devious | adj. straying or wandering from a direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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| gambit | n. in chess, an opening move that involves the sacrifice of a minor pieces to gain advantage; any move of this type
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| halcyon | n. a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; adj. relating to the halcyon peaceful; happy. prosperous, affluent.
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| histrionic | adj. pertaining to actors and their techniques; melodramatic, theatrical.
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| incendiary | adj. deliberately setting or designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion n. arsonist, one who causes strife.
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| maelstrom | n. a large and violent whirl pool; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction.
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| myopic | adj. nearsighted; lack a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment.
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| overt | open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
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| pejorative | adj. tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, belittling, derogatory
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| propriety | n. the state of being proper, appropriateness; pl. standards of what is proper or acceptable
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| sacrilege | n. improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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| summarily | adv. without delay or formality; concisely
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| suppliant | adj. asking humbly and earnestly n. one who makes a request in that manner, a suitor
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| talisman | n. an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
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| undulate | v. to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
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