AP Language Vocabulary Unit 2 Flashcards

5005491881	avid	intensely eager, desirous to the point of greed	0
5005500787	halcyon	calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent	1
5005510619	devious	done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way	2
5005513383	accost	to approach and speak to first	3
5005518925	incendiary	deliberately setting or causing fires, tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately starts fires or strife.	4
5005534220	animadversion	a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval	5
5005538886	covenant	a solemn agreement	6
5005544076	gambit	in chess, an opening move that involves the risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type	7
5005554478	brackish	having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink	8
5005558965	histrionic	pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic	9
5005565979	celerity	swiftness, rapidity of motion or action	10
5005569241	suppliant	asking humbly and earnestly	11
5005573202	propound	to put forward, offer, suggest for consideration; to set forth	12
5005579803	propriety	appropriateness; standards of what is proper or socially acceptable	13
5005585848	overt	open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized	14
5005590031	undulate	to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form	15
5005596898	sacrilege	improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred	16
5005603827	talisman	an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers	17
5005610364	myopic	nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment	18
5005619447	summarily	without delay or formality; briefly, concisely	19
5005626000	pejorative	tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement	20
5005631980	maelstrom	a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction	21