Unit 2

Question 1

Amicable

Answer 1

(Adj.) peaceable, friendly

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

(Adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

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 through

Question 6

Duplicity

Answer 6

(N) treachery, deceitfulness

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

(V) to praise extrvagantly

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 offering

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; particular about details

Question 15

Nostalgia

Answer 15

(N) a longing for something past; homesickness

Question 16

Quintessence

Answer 16

(N) the purest essence or 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) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Question 20

Adroit

Answer 20

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