Vocab Unit 2

Question 1

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Answer 1

Tepid

Adj

Question 2

Extremely careful; particular about details

Answer 2

Meticulous

Adj

Question 3

Not affected or hurt by; admitting no passage or entrance

Answer 3

Impervious

Adj

Question 4

Possible, able to be done

Answer 4

Feasible

Adj

Question 5

Hasty, not thorough

Answer 5

Cursory

Adj

Question 6

Kindly, charitable

Answer 6

Benevolent

Adj

Question 7

Skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind

Answer 7

Adroit

Adj

Question 8

Peaceable, friendly

Answer 8

Amicable

Adj

Question 9

Given to fighting, warlike

Answer 9

Adj belligerent

Question 10

One at war

Answer 10

Noun belligerent

Question 11

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed; unwilling

Answer 11

Averse

Adj

Question 12

To examine closely

Answer 12

Scrutinize

Verb

Question 13

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Answer 13

Retrogress

Verb

Question 14

To praise extravagantly

Answer 14

Extol

Verb

Question 15

A longing for something past; homesickness

Answer 15

Nostalgia

Noun

Question 16

Danger

Answer 16

Jeopardy

Noun

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Quintessence

Noun

Question 18

Moving force, impulse, stimulus

Answer 18

Impetus

Noun

Question 19

Treachery, deceitfulness

Answer 19

Duplicity

Noun

Question 20

A wry face, facial distortion

Answer 20

Noun grimace

Question 21

To make a wry face

Answer 21

Verb grimace

Question 22

A large scale destruction; mass slaughter

Answer 22

Holocaust

Noun