AP Language Unit II Flashcards
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| 11669962696 | Accost | (verb) To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 0 | |
| 11669962697 | Brackish | (adjective) Having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink | 1 | |
| 11669962698 | Celerity | (noun) Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action | 2 | |
| 11669962699 | Halcyon | (noun) A legendary bird identified with the kingfisher (adjective) Of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful, happy, golden | 3 | |
| 11669962700 | Incendiary | (adjective) Deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion (noun) One who deliberately sets fires; arsonists; one who causes strife | 4 | |
| 11669962701 | Maelstrom | (noun) A whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction | 5 | |
| 11669962702 | Overt | (adjective) Open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized | 6 | |
| 11669962703 | Pejorative | (adjective) Tending to make worse; expressing disapproval; derogatory; belittling | 7 | |
| 11669962704 | Suppliant | (adjective) Asking humbly and earnestly (noun) One who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner | 8 | |
| 11669962705 | Undulate | (verb) To move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form | 9 | |
| 11669962706 | Animadversion | (noun) A comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval | 10 | |
| 11669962707 | Avid | (adjective) Desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager | 11 | |
| 11669962708 | Devious | (adjective) Straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way | 12 | |
| 11669962709 | Gambit | (noun) In chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage | 13 | |
| 11669962710 | Histrionic | (adjective) Pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial, melodramatic | 14 | |
| 11669962711 | Myopic | (adjective) Nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment | 15 | |
| 11669962712 | Propriety | (noun) The state of being proper, appropriateness (pl) Standards of what is proper or socially acceptable | 16 | |
| 11669962713 | Sacrilege | (noun) Improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred | 17 | |
| 11669962714 | Summarily | (adverb) Without delay or formality; briefly, concisely | 18 | |
| 11669962715 | Talisman | (noun) An object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish | 19 |