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Unit 2 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| Amicable | peaceable friendly |
| Averse | having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| Belligerent | (adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive (n) one at war, one engaged in war |
| Benevolent | kindly, charitable |
| Cursory | hasty, not thorough |
| Duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| Extol | to praise |
| Feasible | possible, able to be done |
| Grimace | (n.) a wry face, facial distortion (v.) to make a wry face |
| Holocaust | (n.) a large scale of 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; 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; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |