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vocab unit 2 2022-23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Belligerent (adj) | Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive |
| Benevolent (adj) | Kindly, charitable |
| Cursory (adj) | Hasty, quick, not thorough |
| Duplicity (noun) | Treachery, deceitfulness |
| Extol (verb) | To praise extravagantly |
| Feasible (adj) | Possible, Able to be done |
| Grimace (noun) | A wry face; facial distortion |
| Holocaust (noun) | A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
| Impervious (adj) | Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| Impetus (noun) | A moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| Jeopardy (noun) | Danger |
| Meticulous (adj) | Extremely careful; Particular about details |
| Nostalgia (noun) | A longing for something past |
| Quintessence (noun) | The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| Retrogress (verb) | To move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| Scrutinize (verb) | To examine closely |
| Tepid (adj) | Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest |
| Adversary (noun) | An enemy; opponent |
| Alienate (verb) | To turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey |
| Artifice (noun) | A skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery |
| Coerce (verb) | To compel; to force |
| Craven (adj) | Cowardly; a coward |
| Culinary (adj) | Of or related to cooking or the kitchen |
| Demise (noun) | A death, especially of a person in a lofty position |
| Exhilarate (verb) | To enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to |
| Fallow (adj) | (adj.)-Plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow (noun)-land left unseeded (verb)-to plow but not seeded |
| Harass (verb) | To disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks |