Unit 2 Flashcards by Rosie Hall | Brainscape

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adriot

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skillful

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amicable

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friendly, peaceable

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averse

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having a distaste, unwilling

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belligerent

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warlike, violent, given to fighting

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benevolent

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kindly charitable

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cursory

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hasty not, thorough

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duplicity

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treachery, deceitful

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extol

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to praise extravagantly

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feasable

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possible, able to be done

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grimace

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a wry face, facial distortion

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holocaust

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a large scale destruction

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impervious

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not effected or hurt by, admitting of no passage or entrance

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impetus

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a moving force, impulse, stimulus

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jeopardy

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danger

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meticulous

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extremely careful

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nostalgia

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a longing for something in the past

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quintessence

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the purest essence or form of something

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retrogress

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to move backwards, loosing progress

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scrutinized

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to examine closely

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tepid

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lukewarm, unenthusiastic