Unit 2

Question 1

adroit

Answer 1

a droit’
(adj.)
skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Question 2

amicable

Answer 2

am’ icable
(adj.)
peaceful, friendly

Question 3

averse

Answer 3

a verse’
(adj.)
having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Question 4

belligerent

Answer 4

be llig’ erent
(adj.)
given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
(n.)
one at war, one engaged in war

Question 5

benevolent

Answer 5

be nev’ olent
(adj.)
kindly, charitable

Question 6

cursory

Answer 6

cur so’ ry
(adj.)
hasty, not thorough

Question 7

duplicity

Answer 7

du plic’ ity
(n.)
treachery, deceitfulness

Question 8

extol

Answer 8

e xtol’
(v.)
to praise extravagantly

Question 9

feasible

Answer 9

fea’ sible
(adj.)
possible, able to be done

Question 10

grimace

Answer 10

grim’ ace
(n.)
a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face

Question 11

holocaust

Answer 11

hol’ ocaust
(n.)
a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Question 12

impervious

Answer 12

im per’ vious
(adj.)
not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 13

impetus

Answer 13

im’ petus
(n.)
a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 14

jeopardy

Answer 14

jeop’ ardy
(n.)
danger

Question 15

meticulous

Answer 15

me tic’ ulous
(adj.)
extremely careful; particular about details

Question 16

nostalgia

Answer 16

no stal’ gia
(n.)
a longing for something past; homesickness

Question 17

quintessence

Answer 17

quin tess’ ence
(n.)
the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Question 18

retrogress

Answer 18

retro gress’
(v.)
to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 19

scrutinize

Answer 19

scrut’ inize
(v.)
to examime closely

Question 20

tepid

Answer 20

tep’ id
(adj.)
lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest