Lit./LA- Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards
1
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Quick, superficial, perfunctory
A
Cursory
2
Q
Careful, fastidious, painstaking, fussy
A
Meticulous
3
Q
Risk, hazard, peril
A
Jeopardy
4
Q
Workable, practicable, viable
A
Feasible
5
Q
To revert; to degenerate, decline
A
Retrogress
6
Q
Fraud, double-dealing
A
Duplicity
7
Q
Devastation; annihilation
A
Holocaust
8
Q
A longing for things past; homesickness
A
Nostalgia
9
Q
Impenetrable; resistant, proof against
A
Impervious
10
Q
An impulse, incentive, stimulus, spur
A
Impetus
11
Q
Disinclined, opposed, loath
A
Averse
12
Q
Congenial, neighborly, cordial
A
Amicable
13
Q
A pained expression, facial contortion
A
Grimace
14
Q
Lukewarm; insipid; half hearted, wishy-washy
A
Tepid
15
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The purest essence; a paragon, exemplar
A
Quintessence
