vocab unit 2

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

skillful; expert in the use of the hands or mind

Question 2

amicable

Answer 2

peaceful, friendly

Question 3

averse

Answer 3

having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Question 4

belligerent

Answer 4

given to fighting, warlike

Question 5

benevolent

Answer 5

kindly, charitable

Question 6

cursory

Answer 6

hasty, not thorough

Question 7

dupicity

Answer 7

treachery, deceitfulness

Question 8

extol

Answer 8

to praise extravagantly

Question 9

feasible

Answer 9

possible, able to be done (comes from facio :) )

Question 10

grimace

Answer 10

a wry face, facial distortion

Question 11

holocaust

Answer 11

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

Question 12

impervious

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

danger

Question 15

meticulous

Answer 15

extremely careful

Question 16

nostalgia

Answer 16

a longing for something past

Question 17

quintessence

Answer 17

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

Question 18

retrogress

Answer 18

to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 19

scrutinize

Answer 19

to examine closely

Question 20

tepid

Answer 20

lukeworm; unenthusiastic, markred by an absense of interest