5005491881 | avid | intensely eager, desirous to the point of greed | 0 | |
5005500787 | halcyon | calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent | 1 | |
5005510619 | devious | done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way | 2 | |
5005513383 | accost | to approach and speak to first | 3 | |
5005518925 | incendiary | deliberately setting or causing fires, tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately starts fires or strife. | 4 | |
5005534220 | animadversion | a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval | 5 | |
5005538886 | covenant | a solemn agreement | 6 | |
5005544076 | gambit | in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type | 7 | |
5005554478 | brackish | having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink | 8 | |
5005558965 | histrionic | pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic | 9 | |
5005565979 | celerity | swiftness, rapidity of motion or action | 10 | |
5005569241 | suppliant | asking humbly and earnestly | 11 | |
5005573202 | propound | to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth | 12 | |
5005579803 | propriety | appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable | 13 | |
5005585848 | overt | open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 14 | |
5005590031 | undulate | to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form | 15 | |
5005596898 | sacrilege | improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 16 | |
5005603827 | talisman | an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers | 17 | |
5005610364 | myopic | nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment | 18 | |
5005619447 | summarily | without delay or formality; briefly, concisely | 19 | |
5005626000 | pejorative | tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement | 20 | |
5005631980 | maelstrom | a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction | 21 |
AP Language Vocabulary Unit 2 Flashcards
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