English 4 Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

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

(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

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

(adj.) having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

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

(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

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

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

(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

(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

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

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

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

(n.) the state of being properm appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable