Vocab Unit 2

Question 1

(adj)peaceful, friendly

Answer 1

amicable

Question 2

(adj)having a deep seeded distaste; opposing, unwilling

Answer 2

averse

Question 3

(adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive

(n) one at war; engaged in war

Answer 3

belligerent

Question 4

(adj)kindly, charitable

Answer 4

benevolent

Question 5

(adj)hasty, not through

Answer 5

cursory

Question 6

(n)deceitfulness, being deceitful

Answer 6

duplicity

Question 7

(v)to praise extravagantly

Answer 7

extol

Question 8

(adj)possible to do easily; conveniently

Answer 8

feasible

Question 9

(n) a wry face; facial distortion

(v) to make a wry face

Answer 9

grimace

Question 10

(n) destruction/slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused be a fire or nuclear war

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) a 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

(n) 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 hands or in mind

Answer 20

adroit