Unit 2

Question 1

adroit

Answer 1

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

Question 2

amicable

Answer 2

(adj.) peaceable, friendly

Question 3

averse

Answer 3

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

Question 4

belligerent

Answer 4

(adj. ) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive;

(n. ) one at war, one engaged in war

Question 5

benevolent

Answer 5

(adj.) kindly, charitable

Question 6

cursory

Answer 6

(adj.) hasty, not thorough

Question 7

duplicity

Answer 7

(n.) treachery, deceitfulness

Question 8

extol

Answer 8

(v.) to praise extravagantly

Question 9

feasible

Answer 9

(adj.) possible, able to be done

Question 10

grimace

Answer 10

(n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face

Question 11

holocaust

Answer 11

(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Question 12

impervious

Answer 12

(adj.)not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or enterance

Question 13

jeopardy

Answer 13

(n.) danger

Question 14

meticulous

Answer 14

(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

Question 15

impetus

Answer 15

(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus, insentive

Question 16

nostalgia

Answer 16

(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

Question 17

quintessence

Answer 17

(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Question 18

retrogress

Answer 18

(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 19

scrutinize

Answer 19

(v.) to examine closely

Question 20

tepid

Answer 20

(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest