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Vocab Level E Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adroit | adj. skillfull, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| amicable | adj. peacefull, friendly |
| averse | adj. having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| belligerent | adj. given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressica, (n) one at war, one engaged in war |
| benevolent | adj. kindly, charitable |
| cursory | adj. hasty, not thorough |
| duplicity | n. treachery, deceitfulness |
| extol | v. to praise extraveagantly |
| feasible | adj. possible, able to be done |
| grimace | n. a wry face, facial distortion; v. to make a wry face |
| holocaust | n. a large-scale destruction, espically by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
| impervious | adj. not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| impetus | n. a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| jeopardy | n. danger |
| meticulous | adj. extremly careful; particular about details |
| nostalgia | n. a longing for something past; homesickness |
| quintessence | n. the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| retrogress | v. to move backword; to return to an earlier condition |
| scrutinize | v. to examine closely |
| tepid | adj. lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |