Unit 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Amicable

Answer 1

Peaceful, friendly

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive

One at war, engaged in war

Question 4

Benevolent

Answer 4

Kindly, charitable

Question 5

Cursory

Answer 5

Hasty, not thorough

Question 6

Duplicity

Answer 6

Treachery, deceitfulness

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

To praise extravagantly

Question 8

Feasible

Answer 8

Possible, able to be done

Question 9

Grimace

Answer 9

A wry face, facial distortion

To make a wry face

Question 10

Holocaust

Answer 10

A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Question 11

Impervious

Answer 11

Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 12

Impetus

Answer 12

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 13

Jeopardy

Answer 13

Danger

Question 14

Meticulous

Answer 14

Extremely careful; particular about details

Question 15

Nostalgia

Answer 15

A longing for something past; homesickness

Question 16

Quintessence

Answer 16

The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Question 17

Retrogress

Answer 17

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 18

Scrutinize

Answer 18

To examine closely

Question 19

Tepid

Answer 19

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Question 20

Adroit

Answer 20

Skillful; expert in the use of the hands or mind