Vocab Unit 2 Flashcards

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Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

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Tepid

Adj

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Extremely careful; particular about details

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Meticulous

Adj

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Not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance

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Impervious

Adj

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Possible, able to be done

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Feasible

Adj

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Hasty, not thorough

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Cursory

Adj

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Kindly, charitable

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Benevolent

Adj

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Skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind

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Adroit

Adj

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Peaceable, friendly

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Amicable

Adj

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Given to fighting, warlike

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Adj belligerent

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One at war

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Noun belligerent

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Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed; unwilling

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Averse

Adj

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To examine closely

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Scrutinize

Verb

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To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

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Retrogress

Verb

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14
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To praise extravagantly

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Extol

Verb

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A longing for something past; homesickness

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Nostalgia

Noun

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16
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Danger

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Jeopardy

Noun

17
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The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

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Quintessence

Noun

18
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Moving force, impulse, stimulus

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Impetus

Noun

19
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Treachery, deceitfulness

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Duplicity

Noun

20
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A wry face, facial distortion

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Noun grimace

21
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To make a wry face

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Verb grimace

22
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A large scale destruction; mass slaughter

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Holocaust

Noun