Unit #2 Vocabulary (AP Language and Composition) Flashcards

3015009704	accost	(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way Synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront	0
3015013897	animadversion	(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval Synonyms: rebuke, reproof	1
3015017103	avid	(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager Synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping	2
3015017104	brackish	(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink Synonyms: briny, saline	3
3015019628	celerity	(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action Synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed	4
3015019629	devious	(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful	5
3015022366	gambit	(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 Synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver	6
3015024515	halcyon	(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent Synonyms: (adj.) tranquil, serene, placid, palmy	7
3015024542	histrionic	(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic Synonyms: affected, stagy	8
3015030896	incendiary	(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 Synonyms: (adj.) inflammatory, provocative, (n.) firebrand	9
3015033569	maelstrom	(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction Synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult	10
3015035726	myopic	(adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment Synonyms: shortsighted	11
3015035727	overt	(adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patient	12
3015039164	pejorative	(adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement Synonyms: derogatory, deprecatory, belittling	13
3015039165	propriety	(n) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable Synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum	14
3015042741	sacrilege	(n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred Synonyms: desecration, propagation, defilement	15
3015045061	summarily	(adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely Synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly	16
3015047172	suppliant	(adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly Synonyms: (n.) petitioner, suitor	17
3015052708	talisman	(n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish Synonyms: good luck charm	18
3015054657	undulate	(v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form Synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall	19