Vocab- Unit 2

Question 0

Amicable

Answer 0

adj. peaceable, friendly

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

adj. given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive;

n. one at war, one engaged at war

Question 4

Benevolent

Answer 4

adj. kindly, charitable

Question 5

Cursory

Answer 5

adj. hasty, not thorough, quick

Question 6

Duplicity

Answer 6

n. treachery, deceitfulness

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

v. to praise extravagantly

Question 8

Feasible

Answer 8

adj. possible, able to be done

Question 9

Grimace

Answer 9

n. a wry face, facial distortion

v. to make a wry face

Question 10

Holocaust

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Impervious

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Impetus

Answer 12

n. a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 13

Jeopardy

Answer 13

n. danger

Question 14

Meticulous

Answer 14

adj. extremely careful; particular about details

Question 15

Nostalgia

Answer 15

n. a longing for something past; homesick

Question 16

Quintessence

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Retrogress

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Scrutinize

Answer 18

v. to examine closely

Question 19

Tepid

Answer 19

adj. lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of intrest