Unit 2 Vocabulary: First Semester

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Adj. skillful, expert in use of the hands or mind

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

Adj. peaceful, friendly

Question 3

Averse

Answer 3

Adj. having a deep seated distaste, opposed, unwilling

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

Adj. given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggressive

N. One at war, one engaged in war

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

Adj. kindly, charitable

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

Adj. hasty, not thorough

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

N. Treachery, deceitfulness

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

V. To praise extravagantly

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

Adj. not possible, able to be done

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

N. A wry face, facial distortion

V. To make a wry face

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

Adj. not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

N. A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

N. Danger

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

Adj. extremely careful; particular about details

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

N. A longing for something in the past; homesickness

Question 17

Quintessence

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

V. To move backwards; to return to an earlier condition

Question 19

Scrutinize

Answer 19

V. To examine closely

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

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