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Fundies Vocab 2
Fundamentals of Writing Vocab Unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| Amicable | peacable, friendly |
| Averse | having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| Belligerent | given to fighting, combative, aggressive |
| Benevolent | kindly, charitable |
| Cursory | hasty, not thorough |
| Duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| Extol | to praise extravagantly |
| Feasible | able; possible to be done |
| Grimace | facial distortion; to make a wry face |
| Holocaust | a large-scale destruction, especially by fire |
| Impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting 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 form of something; the most typical example |
| Retrogress | to return to an earlier condition |
| Scrutinize | to examine closely |
| Tepid | unenthusiastic; lukewarm; marked by an absence of interest |