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