Unit 2

Question 1

Peaceable, friendly

Answer 1

Amicable

Question 2

Having a deep seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Answer 2

Averse

Question 3

Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war

Answer 3

Belligerent

Question 4

Kindly, charitable

Answer 4

Benevolent

Question 5

Hasty, not thorough

Answer 5

Cursory

Question 6

Treachery, deceitfulness

Answer 6

Duplicity

Question 7

To praise extravagantly

Answer 7

Extol

Question 8

Possible, able to be done

Answer 8

Feasible

Question 9

A wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face

Answer 9

Grimace

Question 10

A large-scale destruction especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Answer 10

Holocaust

Question 11

Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Answer 11

Impervious

Question 12

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Answer 12

Impetus

Question 13

Danger

Answer 13

Jeopardy

Question 14

Extremely careful; particular about details

Answer 14

Meticulous

Question 15

A longing for something past; homesickness

Answer 15

Nostalgia

Question 16

The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Answer 16

Quintessence

Question 17

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Answer 17

Retrogress

Question 18

To examine closely

Answer 18

Scrutinize

Question 19

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Answer 19

Tepid

Question 20

Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Answer 20

Adroit