Vocabulary Unit 2A (Sadlier Level G)

(v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

• accost

• histrionic

• halcyon

• celerity

(n) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

• celerity

• animadversion

• gambit

• halcyon

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

• brackish

• histrionic

• incendiary

• avid

(adj) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

• accost

• incendiary

• histrionic

• brackish

(n) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

• celerity

• animadversion

• gambit

• halcyon

(adj) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

• avid

• brackish

• devious

• histrionic

(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

• celerity

• gambit

• accost

• animadversion

(n) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; or prosperous, affluent

• devious

• halcyon

• gambit

• histrionic

(adj) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

• histrionic

• halcyon

• incendiary

• brackish

(adj) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

• accost

• brackish

• incendiary

• gambit