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set 4 terms---2B
Vocabulary 2B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| holocaust | large scare destruction |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| impetus | a moving force |
| jeopardy | danger |
| meticulous | extremely careful; particular about details |
| nostalgia | a longing for something past; homesickness |
| quintessence | the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| retrogress | to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |
| tepid | lukewarm; enthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |