Chapter 2 Vocab
animadversion
a common indicating strong criticism or disapproval Synonyms: rebuke, reproof Antonyms: praise, compliment
halcyon
a legendary bird identifiied with the kingfishes; of or relating to the halcyon; calme, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent Synonyms: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy Antonyms: turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous
maelstrom
a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and desruction Synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tunult
talisman
an object that serves as a charm or is a believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish
suppliant
asking humbly and earnestly one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor
incendiary
deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who deliberately sets frie arsonist; one who causes strife Synonyms: inflammatory, provocative, firebrand Antonyms: soothing, quieting,peacemaker
avid
desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager Synonyms: keen, enthusiactic, grasping Antonyms: reluctant, indifferent, unenthusiastic
brackish
having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink Synonyms: briny, saline Antonyms: fresh, clear, sweet
sacrilege
improper or disrepectful treatment of something held secred Synonyms: descration, profanation, defilement
gambit
in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor priece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type Synonyms: ploy, stratagem, ruse, maneuver
myopic
nearsighted: lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment Synonyms: shortsighted Antonyms: farsighted
overt
open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recohnized Synonyms: clear, obvious, maifest, patent Antonyms: secret, clandestine, covert, concealed
histrionic
pertaining to actors and thier techniques; theatrical artificial; meldramatic Synonyms; affected, stagy Antonyms: low-keyed, muted, untheatrical, subdued
devious
straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful, Antonyms: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard
celerity
swiftness, rapidity of motion or action Synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed Antonyms: slowness, sluggishness, diatoriness
pejorative
tending to make worse; expressing dissapproval or disagreement, derogatory, belittling Antyonms: complimentary, ameliorative
propriety
the state of being proper, appropriateness: standrards of what is proper or scially acceptable Synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum Antonyms: unseemliness, inappropriateness
accost
to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggresive way Synonyms: buttonhole, approach, confront Antonyms: evade, avoid, shun
undulate
to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form Synonyms: ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall
summarily
without delay or formality; breif, concisely Syononyms:promptly, pereptorily, abruptly