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Sophomores

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adroit   (adj) skillful in the use of hands or mind   clever, deft, dexterous, slick   clumsy, inept  
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amicable   (adj) peaceable, friendly   congenial, neighborly, cordial   hostile, antagonistic  
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averse   (adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling   dislinclined, loath   eager, keen  
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belligerent   (adj) given to fighting, aggressive; (n) one engaged in war   assertive, truculent, pugnacious   peaceful, conciliatory, placid  
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benevolent   (adj) kindly, charitable   benign   malicious, spiteful, malevolent  
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cursory   (adj) hasty, not thorough   quick, superficial, perfunctory   painstaking, careful  
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duplicity   (n) treachery, deceitfulness   fraud, chicanery   n/a  
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extol   (v) to praise extravagantly   glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail   criticize, belittle, disparage  
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feasible   (adj) possible to be done   workable, practicable, viable   impractical  
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grimace   (n) a wry face; (v) to make such a face   pained expression, facial contortion   smile, grin, beam  
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holocaust   (n) a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering   conflagration, devastation, annihilation   deluge, inundation  
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impervious   (adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance   impenetrable, resistant   porous, permeable, vulnerable  
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impetus   (n) a moving force, stimulus   impulse, incentive, spur   curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint  
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jeopardy   (n) danger   risk, hazard, peril   safety, security  
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meticulous   (adj) extremely careful; particular about details   fastidious, painstaking, fussy   careless, negligent, sloppy  
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nostalgia   (n) a longing for something past   homesickness   n/a  
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quintessence   (n) the purest form of something; the most typical example   paragon, exemplar   n/a  
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retrogress   (v) to move backward, to return to an earlier condition   revert, degenerate, decline   advance, evolve, progress  
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scrutinize   (v) to examine closely   inspect, pore over   skim, scan, glance at  
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tepid   (adj) lukewarm; unenthusiastic   insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy   heated, excited  
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