Vocab Unit 2

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Adjective: skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

I know someone who is ______ when it comes to writing poems.

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

Adjective: peaceable, friendly

Canada is very ________.

Question 3

Averse

Answer 3

Adjective: having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

People who are ________ do not often like doing volunteer work.

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

Adjective: to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive
Noun: one at war, one engaged in war
In every ________ time in history everyone seems depressed.

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

Adjective: kindly, charitable

Dogs are very _______ creatures.

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

Adjective: hasty, not thorough

Most students become very ______ towards the end of the day because just want to go home.

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

Noun: treachery, deceitfulness

How could you be such a _________ even after you helped the elderly?

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

Verb: to praise extravagantly

The teacher ______ any student that gets a 95% or higher on their test.

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

Adjective: possible, able too be done

Going to the zoo was _______ because it was a weekend.

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

Noun: a wry face, facial distortion
Verb: to make a wry face
Michael ________ when he stubbed his toe.

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

Noun: a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
The Baltimore riots were thought of as somewhat of a ________.

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

Adjective: not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
The new website is __________ to hackers.

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

Noun: a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

Noun: danger

Our lives were in _________ as we crossed the bridge that was falling down behind us.

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

Adjective: extremely careful; particular about details

My boss was very _________ when it came to cleaning the television screens.

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

Noun: a longing for something of the past; homesickness

A wave of __________ flooded over her as she picked up the picture of when she and her sister were toddlers.

Question 17

Quintessence

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

Verb: to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

No one wishes to __________ from their current position in school.

Question 19

Scruntinize

Answer 19

Verb: to examine closely

The buyer ________ the vehicle before purchasing it.

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

Adjective: lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
No one enjoys drinking _____ coffee.