Ch 2 Flashcards

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Amicable

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Peaceful, friendly

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Adroit

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Skillfully with the hands

Slick, dexterous

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Averse

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Having deep seated hate, disdain, opposing

Loath

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Belligerent

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Aggressive, warlike

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Benevolent

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Charitable, good natured

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Cursory

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Not thorough, hasty

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Duplicity

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Treachery, deceitfulness

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Feasible

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Possible, able to be done

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Grimace

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A wry face, painful expression, facial distortion

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Holocaust

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Large fire, burning offering, mass destruction, vast slaughter

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Impervious

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Allowing nothing in, not affected or hurt by

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Impetus

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Moving force, stimulus, impulse

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Jeopardy

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Danger

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful/precise about detail

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Nostalgia

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Longing for something past, homesickness

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Quintessence

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The most essential form of something, the most typical Occurrence

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Retrogress

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To go backwards, go back to a previous condition

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Scrutinize

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To examine closely

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Tepid

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Lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by absence of interest