English 10 HN - Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

Amicable

Answer 1

(Adj.) Peaceful, friendly

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

(Adj.) Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwillingly

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

(Adj.) Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (N.) One at war, one engaged in war

Question 4

Benevolent

Answer 4

(Adj.) Kindly, charitable

Question 5

Cursory

Answer 5

(Adj.) Hasty, not thorough

Question 6

Duplicity

Answer 6

(N.) Treachory, deceitfulness

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

(V.) To praise extravagantly

Question 8

Feasible

Answer 8

(Adj.) Possible, able to be done

Question 9

Grimace

Answer 9

(N.) A wry face, facial distortion; (V.) To make a wry face

Question 10

Holocaust

Answer 10

(N.) A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offereing

Question 11

Impervious

Answer 11

(Adj.) Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 12

Impetus

Answer 12

(N.) A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 13

Jeopardy

Answer 13

(N.) Danger

Question 14

Meticulous

Answer 14

(Adj.) Extremely careful; particularly about details

Question 15

Nostalgia

Answer 15

(N.) A longing for something past; homesickness

Question 16

Quintessence

Answer 16

(N.) The purest essence of form of something ; the most typical example

Question 17

Retrogress

Answer 17

(V.) To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 18

Scrutinize

Answer 18

(V.) To examine closely

Question 19

Tepid

Answer 19

(Adj.) Likewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Question 20

Adroit

Answer 20

(Adj.) Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind