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Setzer - AP Comp. - Unit 2

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139915407accost(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
139915408animadversion(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
139915409avid(adj.) desirous of something to point of greed; intensely eager
139915410brackish(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
139915411celerity(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
140999055covenant(n.) a solemn agreement; a contract; a pledge
139915412devious(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
139915413gambit(n.) 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
139915414halcyon(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
139915415histrionic(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
139915416incendiary(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife
139915417maelstrom(n.) a whirlpool or great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
139915418myopic(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment
139915419overt(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized
139915420pejorative(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
140999056propound(v.) to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth
139915421propriety(n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
139915422sacrilege(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
139915423summarily(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely
139915424suppliant(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
139915425talisman(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
139915426undulate(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

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