Unit 2 Vocab

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

adj. quick or skillful or clever in action or thought

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

adj. friendly or good-natured

Question 3

Averse

Answer 3

adj. strongly opposed

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

adj. eager to fight

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

adj. generous in providing aid to others

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

adj. hasty and without attention to detail

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

noun. deceitfulness; double dealing

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

verb. praise, glorify, honor

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

adj. capable of being done

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

noun. a contorted facial expression

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

noun. an act of great destruction and loss of life either by purposeful or natural means

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

adj. not allowing to pass through or to be affected by

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

noun. the act of applying force suddenly

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

noun. a source of danger

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

adj. careful attention to detail

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

noun. a longing for something in the past

Question 17

Quintessence

Answer 17

noun. the most typical example or representative of a type

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

verb. to go back to bad behavior

Question 19

Scrutinize

Answer 19

verb. to examine closely

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

adj. lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest