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VOCAB. UNIT
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GAMBIT ACCOST BRAKISH MYOPIC
TALISMAN PEJORATIVE PROPRIETRY SUMMARILY
ANIMADVERSION
INCENDIARY HALCYON AVID
HISTRIONIC CELERITY DEVIOUS UNDULATE
MAELSTROM SACRILEGE SUPPLIANT OVERT
Straying from a direct course
- roundabout, tricky, sly
DEVIOUS
An object believed to have special powers; a charm
- amulet, fetish
TALISMAN
Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
- briny, saline
BRAKISH
Swiftness; rapidity of motion or action
- promptness, alacrity, speed
CELERITY
A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
- rebuke, reproof
ANIMADVERSION
Without delay or formality; briefly,
- concisely, succinctly
SUMMARILY
The state of being proper; appropriateness.
- Acceptable, fit, correct
PROPRIETY
To move in wavelike motion
- ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall
UNDULATE
Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view; lacking foresight
- shortsighted
MYOPIC
Open, not hidden; expressed or reveled in a way that is easily recognized
- clear, obvious, manifest, patent
OVERT
Asking humbly and earnestly; making a request
- petitioner, suitor
SUPPLIANT
Desirous of something to the point of greed
- keen, enthusiastic, grasping
AVID
Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
- desecrate, defile, profaneSACRILEGE
Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or belittling
- derogatory, disparaging
PEJORATIVE
To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way
- approach, buttonhole, confront
ACCOST
A legendary bird or meaning calm, peaceful, and golden
- tranquil, serene, placid
HALCYON
A whirlpool of great size and violence
- vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
MAELSTROM
Deliberately setting or causing fires; stirring up strife or rebellion
- inflammatory, provocative
INCENDIARY
An opening move in chess, or any opening move
- ploy, stratagem, maneuver
GAMBIT
Theatrical techniques used by actors; melodramatic presentation
- affected, stagy, overwrought
HISTRIONICS