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Vocab Unit 2A
11th grade English vocabulary
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11th Grade
09/09/2010

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accost
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to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or agressive way
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animadversion
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a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
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avid
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desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
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brackish
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having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink
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celerity
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swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
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devious
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straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifting or underhanded way
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gambit
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in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
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histrionic
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theatrical, artificial; melodramatic
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incendiary
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deliberately setting or causing fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion
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