AP Literature Unit 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5122305129 | accost | v. to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 0 | |
| 5122306099 | animadversion | n. a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval | 1 | |
| 5122307108 | avid | adj. desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager | 2 | |
| 5122310341 | brackish | adj. having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink | 3 | |
| 5122311195 | celerity | n. swiftness, rapidity of motion or action | 4 | |
| 5122311790 | devious | adj. straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way | 5 | |
| 5122313067 | 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 | 6 | |
| 5122314697 | halcyon | n. a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher adj. of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent | 7 | |
| 5122317508 | histrionic | adj. pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic | 8 | |
| 5122318711 | 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 | 9 | |
| 5122352603 | maelstrom | n. a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction | 10 | |
| 5122355341 | myopic | adj. nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment | 11 | |
| 5122357207 | overt | adj. open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 12 | |
| 5122358936 | pejorative | adj. tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling | 13 | |
| 5122360199 | propriety | n. the state of being proper, appropriateness pl. standards of what is proper or socially acceptable | 14 | |
| 5122361717 | sacrilege | n. improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 15 | |
| 5122362730 | summarily | adv. without delay or formality; briefly, concisely | 16 | |
| 5122363634 | suppliant | adj. asking humbly and earnestly n. one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor | 17 | |
| 5122366000 | talisman | n. an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish | 18 | |
| 5122367143 | undulate | v. to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form | 19 |