Unit 2 Grade 10 vocab

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

quick, skillful, or clever in action or thought

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

friendly and good-natured

Question 3

Averse

Answer 3

strongly opposed

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

eager to fight

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

generous in providing aid to others

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

hasty and without attention to detail

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

deceitfulness; double-dealing

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

praise,glorify,honor

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

Capable of being done

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

contorted facial expression

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

an act of great destruction and loss of life either by

purposeful or natural means

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

not allowing to pass through or to be

affected by

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

the act of applying force suddenly

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

a source of danger

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

careful attention to detail

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

a longing for something in the past

Question 17

quintessence

Answer 17

the most typical example or representative of a

type

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

to go back to bad behavior

Question 19

scrutinize

Answer 19

to examine closely

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest