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Adroit

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Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind. Syn: Clever, Deft Adj.

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Amicable

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Peaceable, friendly. POS: Adj. Syn: Congenial, Neighborly

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Averse

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Having a deep- seated distaste; opposed, unwilling. POS: Adj. Syn: Disinclined, loath

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Belligerent

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Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive. One at war, one engaged in war. POS: Adj., Noun Syn: Assertive, truculent

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Benevolent

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Kindly, charitable. POS: Adj. Syn: Benign, well-meaning.

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Cursory

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Hasty, not thorough. POS: Adj. Syn: Quick, superficial, perfunctory.

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Duplicity

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Treachery, deceitfulness. POS: Noun Syn: Fraud, double-dealing, chicanery.

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Extol

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To praise extravagantly. POS: Verb Syn: Glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail.

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Grimace

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A wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face. POS: Noun, Verb Syn: Pained expression, facial contortion.

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Holocaust

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A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering. POS: Noun Syn: Conflagration, devastation, annihilation.

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Impervious

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Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance. POS: Adj. Syn: Impenetrable, resistant, proof against.

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Impetus

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A moving force, impulse, stimulus. POS: Noun Syn: Impulse, incentive, spur.

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Feasible

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Possible, able to be done. POS: Adj. Syn: Workable, practicable, viable.

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Jeopardy

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Danger. POS: Noun Syn: Risk, hazard, peril.

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful; particular about details. POS: Adj. Syn: Fastidious, painstaking, fussy.

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Nostalgia

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A longing for something past; homesickness. POS: Noun

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Quintessence

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The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example. POS: Noun Syn: Paragon, exemplar.

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Retrogress

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To move backward; to return to an earlier condition. POS: Verb Syn: Revert, degenerate, decline

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Scrutinize

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To examine closely. POS: Verb Syn: Inspect, pore over

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Tepid

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Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest. POS: Adj. Syn: Insipid, halfhearted, wish-washy.

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