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Vocab Unit 2 D E
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 2 Definitions 10th Grade Level E
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adroit | adj. skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| Amicable | adj. peaceable, friendly |
| Adverse | adj. having a deep seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| Belligerent | adj. given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; 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 extravagantly |
| 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, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
| Impervious | adj. not affected or hut by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| Impetus | n. a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| Jeopardy | n. danger |
| Meticulous | adj. extremely careful; particular about details |
| Nostalgia | n. a longing for something past; homesick |
| Quintessence | n. the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| Retrogress | v. to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| Scrutinize | v. to examine closely |
| tepid | adj. lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by absence of interest |
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