Vocab U2

Question 1

adj) peaceable, friendly

Answer 1

amicable

Question 2

adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Answer 2

averse

Question 3

adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative aggressive;

n) one at war, one engaged in war

Answer 3

belligerent

Question 4

adj) kindly, charitable

Answer 4

benevolent

Question 5

adj) hasty, not thorough

Answer 5

cursory

Question 6

n) treachery, deceitfulness

Answer 6

duplicity

Question 7

v) to praise extravagantly

Answer 7

extol

Question 8

adj) possible, able to be done

Answer 8

feasible

Question 9

n) a wry face, facial distortion;

v) to make a wry face

Answer 9

grimace

Question 10

n) a large scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Answer 10

holocaust

Question 11

adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Answer 11

impervious

Question 12

n) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Answer 12

impetus

Question 13

n) danger

Answer 13

jeopardy

Question 14

adj) extremely careful; particular about details

Answer 14

meticulous

Question 15

n) longing for something past; homesickness

Answer 15

nostalgia

Question 16

n) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Answer 16

quintessence

Question 17

v) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Answer 17

retrogress

Question 18

v) to examine closely

Answer 18

scrutinize

Question 19

adj) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Answer 19

tepid

Question 20

adj) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Answer 20

adroit