AP Literature Unit 2 Flashcards

7959652229	accost	(v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way	0
7959652230	accost	synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront	1
7959652231	accost	antonyms: evade, avoid, shun	2
7959652232	animadversion	(n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval	3
7959652233	animadversion	synonyms: rebuke, reproof	4
7959652234	animadversion	antonyms: praise, compliment	5
7959652235	avid	(adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager	6
7959652236	avid	synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping	7
7959652237	avid	antonyms: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic	8
7959652238	brackish	(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink	9
7959652239	brackish	synonyms: briny, saline	10
7959652240	brackish	antonyms: fresh, clear, sweet	11
7959652241	celerity	(n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action	12
7959652242	celerity	synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed	13
7959652243	celerity	antonyms: slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness	14
7959652244	devious	(adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way	15
7959652245	devious	synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful	16
7959652246	devious	antonyms: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard	17
7959652247	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	18
7959652248	gambit	synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver	19
7959652249	halcyon	(n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher	20
7959652250	halcyon	(adj) of or relating to the bird; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent	21
7959652251	halcyon	synonyms: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy	22
7959652252	halcyon	antonyms: turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous	23
7959652253	histrionic	(adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic	24
7959652254	histrionic	synonyms: affected, stagy	25
7959652255	histrionic	antonyms: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued	26
7959652256	incendiary	(adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion	27
7959652257	incendiary	(n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife	28
7959652258	incendiary	synonyms: inflammatory, provocative, firebrand	29
7959652259	incendiary	antonyms: soothing, quieting, peacemaker	30
7959652260	maelstrom	(n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction	31
7959652261	maelstrom	synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult	32
7959652262	myopic	(adj) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment	33
7959652263	myopic	synonym: shortsighted	34
7959652264	myopic	antonym: farsighted	35
7959652265	overt	(adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized	36
7959652266	overt	synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent	37
7959652267	overt	antonyms: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed	38
7959652268	pejorative	(adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling	39
7959652269	pejorative	antonyms: complimentary, ameliorative	40
7959652270	propriety	(n) the state of being proper, appropriateness	41
7959652271	propriety	(pl) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable	42
7959652272	propriety	synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum	43
7959652273	propriety	antonyms: unseemliness, inappropriateness	44
7959652274	sacrilege	(n) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred	45
7959652275	sacrilege	synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement	46
7959652276	summarily	(adv) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely	47
7959652277	summarily	synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, abruptly	48
7959652278	suppliant	(adj) asking humbly and earnestly	49
7959652279	suppliant	(n) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor	50
7959652280	talisman	(n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish	51
7959652281	undulate	(v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form	52
7959652282	undulate	synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall	53