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Vocabulary Enhancement: Unit 2 - Unlocking New Words and Their Meanings

Dive into the second unit of Sadlier-Oxford's Vocabulary with our comprehensive breakdown of key terms. This guide explores essential words such as "accost," "avid," and "myopic," providing definitions, synonyms, and contextual usage. Whether you're aiming to excel in language skills or simply enrich your vocabulary, this unit covers a range of adjectives, nouns, and verbs designed to elevate your understanding and expression. Discover the richness of the English language with engaging explanations and examples.

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Vocabulary Enhancement: Unit 2 - Unlocking New Words and Their Meanings

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  1. English 111 Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary, Unit 2

  2. accost • (v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way • Synonyms: confront, buttonhole, approach

  3. animadversion • (n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval • Synonyms: rebuke, reproof

  4. avid • (adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed, intensely eager • Synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping

  5. brackish • (adj.) having a salty taste or unpleasant to drink • Synonyms: briny, saline

  6. celerity • (n.) swiftness, rapidity in motion or actions • Synonyms: promptness, alacrity, speed

  7. devious • (adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way • Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful

  8. gambit • (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 • Synonyms: ploy, ruse, maneuver, stratagem

  9. halcyon • (n.) legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent • Synonyms: tranquil, serene, placid, palmy

  10. histrionic • (adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic • Synonyms: affected, stagy

  11. incendiary • (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 • Synonyms: (adj.) inflammatory, provocative, (n.) firebrand

  12. maelstrom • (n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction • Synonyms: vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult

  13. myopic • (adj.) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment • Synonyms: shortsighted

  14. overt • (adj.) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized • Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent

  15. pejorative • (adj.) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

  16. propriety • (n.) the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable • Synonyms: fitness, correctness, decorum

  17. sacrilege • (n.) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred • Synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement

  18. summarily • (adv.) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely • Synonyms: promptly, peremptorily, defilement

  19. suppliant • (adj.) asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

  20. talisman • (n.) an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

  21. undulate • (v.) to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form • Synonyms: ripple, fluctuation, rise and fall

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