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Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 2
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summarily
(adv.)
SYNONYM: promptly, peremptorily
to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
without delay or formality
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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celerity
(n.)
without delay or formality
SYNONYM: promptness, speed
nearsighted
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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overt
(adj.)
tending to make worse
to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
open, not hidden,revealed in a way that's easily recognized
SYNONYM: clear, obvious, manifest, patent
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accost (v.)
SYNONYMS: buttonhole, approach
a whirlpool of great size and violence
briefly, concisely
to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
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talisman
(n.)
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers
to approach and speak to first
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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gambit
(n.)
SYNONYM: play, ruse, maneuver
Chess move that risky of a minor piece to gain advantage
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
a whirlpool of great size and violence
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histrionic
(adj.)
pertaining to actors &their techniques; theatrical
one who causes strife
SYNONYM: affected, stagy
tending to make worse
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pejorative
(adj.)
expressing disapproval or derogatory, deprecatory,belittling
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
intensely eager
ANTONYMS: Complimentary, ameliorative
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avid
(adj.)
SYNONYMS: keen , enthusiastic, grasping
one who causes strife
intensely eager
object - charm, believed to confer magical powers, an amulet
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brackish
(adj.)
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
in chess, an opening move that involves risk
without delay or formality
SYNONYM: saline
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maelstrom
(n.)
disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling
lacking foresight or discernment
SYNONYM: chaos, turbulence, tumult
situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
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propriety
(n.)
standards of what is proper or socially acceptable
asking humbly and earnestly
tending to make worse
SYNONYM: fitness, correctness
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animadversion (n.)
to approach and speak to first
SYNONYMS: rebuke, reproof
to approach and speak to first
a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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devious
(adj.)
SYNONYM: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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incendiary
(n.)
SYNONYM: inflammatory, provocative, firebrand (n)
to confront in a challenging or aggressive way
tending to make worse
one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist
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suppliant
(adj.)
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion
SYNONYM:
without delay or formality
asking humbly and earnestly
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undulate
(v.)
nearsighted
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
SYNONYM: fluctuate, rise and fall
move in waves or with a wavelike motion, wavelike appearance
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sacrilege
(n.)
improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
open, not hidden,revealed in a way that is easily recognized
SYNONYM: desecration, profanation, defilement
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halcyon
(n.)
SYNONYM: tranquil, placid, palmy
a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist
one who request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
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myopic
(adj.)
done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
SYNONYM: shortsighted ANTONYMS: farsighted
open, not hidden, easily recognized
realistic view of situation; lacking foresight , discernment
