Sadler-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop New Edition: Level G: Unit 2: Definitions
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fgbm27 on September 30, 2009
Subjects:
english vocab, english 11, english vocabulary, loomis chaffee
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Nonfiction 2, Nonfiction 6, AP Lang 3, Ap Lang 1, AP Lang 4, a (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accost | verb, to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way |
| animadversion | noun, a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval |
| avid | adjective, desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager |
| brackish | adjective, having a salty taste and unpleasent to drink |
| celerity | noun, swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| devious | adjective, straying or wandering from a straight or direct course, done or acted in a shifty or underhanded way |
| gambit | noun, in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type |
| halcyon | noun, a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; adjective, of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent |
| histrionic | adjective, pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic |
| incendiary | adjective, deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; noun, the one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
| maelstrom | noun, a whirlpool of great size and violance; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction |
| myopic | adjective, nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment |
| overt | adjective, open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized |
| pejorative | adjective, tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling |
| propriety | noun, the state of being proper, appropriateness |
| sacrilege | noun, improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred |
| summarily | adverb, without delay or formality; briefly, concisely |
| suppliant | adjective, asking humbly and earnestly; noun, one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor |
| talisman | noun, an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish |
| undulate | verb, to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form |
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