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