Week 28 Vocab Review

(adj) nearsighted; lacking a board, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

• undulate

• talisman

• maelstrom

• myopic

(n) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet

• undulate

• talisman

• maelstrom

• myopic

-(n) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling whirlpool of violence 

• undulate

• talisman

• maelstrom

• myopic

(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

• brackish

• avid

• incendiary

• myopic

(adj) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

• brackish

• avid

• incendiary

• myopic

(adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; one who causes strife

• brackish

• avid

• incendiary

• myopic

(n) in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type 

• avid

• gambit

• undulate

• pejorative

(v) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have wavelike appearance or form

• avid

• gambit

• undulate

• pejorative

(adj) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, belittling 

• avid

• gambit

• undulate

• pejorative

(adj) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

• brackish

• myopic

• gambit

• overt