Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards

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Adroit

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Clever, skillful

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Amicable

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Friendly, courteous

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Averse

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Opposed, unwilling

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Belligerent

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Warlike, aggressive

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Benevolent

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Kindly, charitable

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Cursory

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Quick, not thorough

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Duplicity

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Fraud, treachery

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Extol

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To praise, to glorify

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Feasible

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Possible, able to be done

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Grimace

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To make a pained expression

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Holocaust

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A large scale destruction

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Impervious

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Not affected or hurt by

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Impetus

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An incentive, an impulse

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Jeopardy

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Danger

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful

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Nostalgia

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A longing for something past

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Quintessence

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The most typical example

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Retrogress

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To move backward

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Scrutinize

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To examine closely , to inspect

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Tepid

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Lukewarm, neither hot nor cold