Unit 2 vocab Flashcards
(adj.) skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind
SYN: clever, deft, dextrous, slick
ANT: clumsy, inept, all thumbs
adroit
(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war
SYN: assertive, truculent, pugnacious
ANT: peaceful, conciliatory, placid
belligerent
(adj,) peaceable, friendly
SYN: congenial, neighborly, cordial
ANT: hostile, antagonistic
amicable
(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
SYN: disinclined, loath
ANT: favorably disposed, eager, keen
averse
kindly, charitable
SYN: benign, well-meaning
ANT: malicious, spiteful, malevolent
benevolent
hasty, not thorough
SYN: quick, superficial, perfunctory
ANT: thorough, painstaking, careful
cursory
treachery, deceitfulness
SYN: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery
duplicity
to praise highly
SYN: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
ANT: criticize, belittle, disparage
extol
possible, able to be done
SYN: workable, practicable, viable
ANT: unworkable, impracticle
feasible
a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face
SYN: pained expression, facial contortion
ANT: smile, grin, beam
grimace
a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
SYN: conflagration, devastation, annihilation
ANT: deluge, inundation
Holocaust
immune, not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
SYN: impenetrable, resistrabt, proof against
ANT: porous, permeable, vulnerable
impervious
a moving force, impulse, stimulus
SYN: impulse, incentive, spur
ANT: curbm hindrance, impediment, constraint
impetus
danger
SYN: risk, hazard, peril
ANT: safety, security
Jeopardy
SYN: fastidious, painstaking, fussy
ANT: careless, negligent, sloppy
meticulous
