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Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind. |
| amicable | peaceable, friendly. synonyms |
| averse | having a deep- seated distaste: opposed: unwilling |
| belligerent | given to fighting, warlike, combative, agressive |
| benevolent | klndly, charitable |
| cursory | hasty, not thorough |
| duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| extol | to praise extravagantly |
| feasible | possible, able to be done |
| grimice | to wry face, facial distoration, to make a wry face |
| holocaust | a large scale destruction, esecially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| impetus | a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| jeopardy | danger |
| meticulous | extremely careful; particular about details |
| nostalgia | a longing for something past; homesick |
| quintessence | the purest essence or form of something |