AP Language Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards
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| 5020790960 | accost | (verb) to confront in challenging or aggressive way | 0 | |
| 5020797936 | animadversion | (noun) a comment indication strong criticism or disapproval | 1 | |
| 5020800668 | avid | (adj.) desiring something to the point of greed; intensely eager | 2 | |
| 5020818150 | brackish | (adj.) salty | 3 | |
| 5020818151 | celerity | (noun) swiftness | 4 | |
| 5020820256 | devious | (adj.) straying or wandering; shifty | 5 | |
| 5020837498 | gambit | (noun) a high risk move usually involving the sacrifice of a minor piece. | 6 | |
| 5020841725 | halcyon | (noun) a legendary bird, calm, peaceful | 7 | |
| 5020846865 | histrionic | (adj.) theatrical, melodramatic | 8 | |
| 5020850284 | incendiary | (adj.) intentionally flammable, (noun) arsonist | 9 | |
| 5020861411 | maelstrom | (noun) a whirlpool, a chaotic situation | 10 | |
| 5020866585 | myopic | (adj.) nearsighted | 11 | |
| 5020869299 | overt | (adj.) open, not hidden | 12 | |
| 5020872003 | pejorative | (adj.) tending to make worse; derogatory | 13 | |
| 5020876919 | propriety | (noun) being proper | 14 | |
| 5020882448 | sacrilege | (noun) improper treatment of something sacred. | 15 | |
| 5020889285 | summarily | (adv.) without delay or formality; briefly. | 16 | |
| 5020892481 | suppliant | (adj.) asking humbly (noun) somebody who asks humbly | 17 | |
| 5020896315 | talisman | (noun) a charm | 18 | |
| 5020898810 | undulate | (v.) to move in waves | 19 |