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Language Arts
Language arts definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| amicable | peaceable, friendly |
| belligerent, | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive. |
| benevolent | kindly, charitable |
| cursory | hasty, not through. |
| duplicity | treachery, deceitulness |
| extol | to praise extravagantly. |
| feasible | possible, able to be done. |
| grimace | a wry face, facial distortion |
| holocaust | a large-scale destruction, especially 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 |
| nostalgia | a longing for something past |
| quintessence | the purest essence or form of something |
| retrogress | to move backward |
| scrutinize | to examine closely |