Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 2
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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 unpleasant to drink |
| celerity | (noun) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action |
| devious | (adjective) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting 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) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife |
| maelstrom | (noun) a whirlpool of great size and violence; 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; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable |
| 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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