unit 2
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 and speak to first; to cofront in a challenging or aggressive way
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| animadversion | (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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| avid | (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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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 straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
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| gambit | (n.) in chess, and opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type
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| halcyon | (n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent.
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| histrionic | (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniquest; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
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| incendiary | (adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebillion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife.
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| maelstrom | (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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| myopic | (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic, view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
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| overt | (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized.
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| pejorative | (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disaproval or disparagement
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| propriety | (n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
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| sacrilege | (n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
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| summarily | (adv.) whithout delay or formality; breifly, concisely
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| suppliant | (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
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| talisman | (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is beleived 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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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
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.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
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.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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