Unit 2 Flashcards
adriot
skillful
amicable
friendly, peaceable
averse
having a distaste, unwilling
belligerent
warlike, violent, given to fighting
benevolent
kindly charitable
cursory
hasty not, thorough
duplicity
treachery, deceitful
extol
to praise extravagantly
feasable
possible, able to be done
grimace
a wry face, facial distortion
holocaust
a large scale destruction
impervious
not effected or hurt by, admitting of no passage or entrance
impetus
a moving force, impulse, stimulus
jeopardy
danger
meticulous
extremely careful
nostalgia
a longing for something in the past
quintessence
the purest essence or form of something
retrogress
to move backwards, loosing progress
scrutinized
to examine closely
tepid
lukewarm, unenthusiastic