Unit 2 AP Literature Flashcards

8147456585	accost	to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way	0
8147465970	animadversion	a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval	1
8147468225	avid	desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager	2
8147470578	brackish	having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink	3
8147473536	celerity	swiftness, rapidity of motion or action	4
8147475862	devious	straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way	5
8147481453	gambit	in chess, an opening that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece or order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type	6
8147488054	halcyon	a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; of or relating to the halycon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent	7
8147498158	histrionic	pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic	8
8147503185	incendiary	deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife	9
8147510897	maelstrom	a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction	10
8147515047	myopic	nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment	11
8147523420	overt	open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized	12
8147526371	perjorative	tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling	13
8147534755	propriety	the state of being proper, appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable	14
8147538828	sacrilege	improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred	15
8147541739	summarily	without delay or formality; briefly, concisely	16
8147544528	suppliant	asking humbly and earnestly; one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor	17
8147550214	talisman	an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish	18
8147555566	undulate	to make in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form	19