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unit 2 vocabs
unit 2 vocabulary Level E
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj- hasty, not throrough syn: quick, superficial, perfunctory ant: thorough, painstaking, careful | cursory |
| adj - skillful, expert in the use of he hands or mind. syn: clever, deft, dexterous, slick ant: clumsy, ineput, all thumbs | adroit |
| adj- peaceable, friendly syn: cogenial, neighborly, cordial ant: hostile, antagonistic | amicable |
| adj - kindly, charitable syn: bening, well-mannered ant: malicious,spiteful, malevolent | benevolent |
| adj - having a deep-seated distaste, opposed,unwilling syn: disinclined, loath ant: favorably disposed, eager, keen sentence: | averse |
| adj - given to fighting, warlike; combaive, aggressive (noun)one at war, one engaged in war syn: assertive, truclent, pugnacious ant: peaceful, conciliatory, placed | belligerent |
| noun - a large-scale destruction, especially by fire, a vast slaughter, a burnt offering syn: conflagration,devastation,annihilation ant: deluge, inudation | holocaust |
| noun - treachery, deceitfulness syn: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery | duplicity |
| verb - to praise extrvagently syn: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail ant: criticize, belittle, disparge | extol |
| adj - possible, able to be done syn: workable, practicable, viable ant: unworkable, impractical | feasible |
| adj.- not affected or hurt by, admitting of not passage or entrance syn: impenetrable, resistant, proof against ant: porous, permeable, vulnerable | impervious |
| noun - a moving force, impulse, stiulus syn: impulse, incentive, spur ant: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint | impetus |
| noun - a wry face, facial distortion (verb)- to make a wry face syn: pained expression, facial contortion ant: smile, grin, to beam | grimace |
| noun - a longing for something past, homesickness syn: | nostalgia |
| noun - danger syn: risk, hazard, peril ant: safety, security | jeopardy |
| adj - lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest syn: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy ant: heated, excited, enthusiastic | tepid |
| verb - to examine closely syn: inspect, pore over ant: skim, scan, glance at | scrutinize |
| verb: to move backward, to return to an earlier condition syn: revert, degenerate, decline ant: advance, evolve, progress | retrogress |
| adj. - extremely careful, partcular about details syn: fastidious, painstaking, fussy ant: careless, negligent, sloppy | meticulous |
| noun - the purest essence or form of something, the most typical example syn: paragon, exemplar | quintessence |