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Quiz 10/16/09

English Unit 2 Vocab Quiz Adroit-Tepid

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(adj) Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind. SYN: clever, deft, slick ANT: clumsy, inept, all thumbs Adroit
(adj) Peaceable, friendly. SYN: congenial, neighborly, cordial ANT: hostile, antagonistic Amicable
(adj) having deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling. SYN: disinclined, loath ANT: favorably disposed, eager, keen Averse
(adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n) One at war, one engaged in war. SYN: (adj) assertive, truculent, pugnacious ANT: (adj) peaceful, conciliatory, placid Belligerent
(adj) Kindly, charitable. SYN: benign, well-meaning ANT: malicious, spiteful, malevolent Benevolent
(adj) Hasty, not thorough. SYN: quick, superficial, perfunctory ANT: thorough, painstaking, careful Cursory
(n) Treachery, deceitfulness. SYN: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery Duplicity
(v) Tp praise, extravagantly. SYN: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail ANT: criticize, belittle, disparage Extol
(adj) Possible, able to be done. SYN: workable, practicable, viable ANT: unworkable, impractical Feasible
(n) A wry face, facial distortion; (v) To make a wry face. SYN: (n) pained expression, facial contortion ANT: (n) smile, frin; (v) beam Grimace
(n) A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering. SYN: configuration, devastation, annihilation ANT: deluge, inundation Holocaust
(adj) Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or enterance. SYN: impenetrable, resistant, proof against ANT: porous, permeable, vulnerable Impervious
(n) A moving force, impulse, stimulus. SYN: impulse, incentive, spur ANT: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint Impetus
(n) Danger. SYN: risk, hazard, peril ANT: safety, security Jeopardy
(adj) Extremely careful; particular about details. SYN: fastidious, painstaking, fussy ANT: careless, negligent, sloppy Meticulous
(n) A longing for something oast; homesickness. Nostalgia
(n) The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example. SYN: paragon, exemplar Quintessence
(v) To move backward; to return to an earlier condition. SYN: revert, degenerate, decline ANT: advance, evolve, progress Retrogress
(v) To examine closely. SYN: inspect, pore over ANT: skim, scan, glace at Scrutinize
(adj) Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest. SYN: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy ANT: heated, excited, enthusiastic Tepid
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