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IB English Unit 2
IB English Literature Unit 2 vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind. |
| amicable | peaceable, friendly |
| averse | having a deep-seated distaste, opposed, unwilling |
| belligerent | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engages in war. |
| benevolent | kindly, charitable. |
| cursory | hasty, not thorough |
| duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| extol | to praise extravagantly |
| feasible | possible, able to be done |
| grimace | a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face. |
| holocaust | a large-scale 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 detals |
| 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. |