Vocabulary- Unit 2

Question 0

amicable

Answer 0

adjective- peaceable, friendly

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

adjective- skillful expert in the use of the hands or mind

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

adjective having a deep-seated distaste; apposed: unwilling

Question 3

belligerent

Answer 3

adjective- given to fighting, war like, combative, aggressive
noun-one at war, one engaged in war

Question 4

Benevolent

Answer 4

adjective- kindly, charitable

Question 5

cursory

Answer 5

adjective- hasty, not thorough

Question 6

duplicity

Answer 6

noun- treachery, deceitfulness

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

verb- to praise extravagantly

Question 8

feasible

Answer 8

adjective- possible, able to be done

Question 9

grimace

Answer 9

noun- a wry face, facial distortion

verb- to make a wry face

Question 10

holocaust

Answer 10

noun- a large-scale destruction especially by fire, a vast slaughter, a burnt offering

Question 11

impervious

Answer 11

adjective- not affected or hurt by, admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 12

impetus

Answer 12

noun- a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 13

jeopardy

Answer 13

noun- danger

Question 14

meticulous

Answer 14

adjective- extremely careful, particular about details

Question 15

nostalgia

Answer 15

noun- a longing for something past, homesickness

Question 16

quintessence

Answer 16

noun- the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Question 17

retrogress

Answer 17

verb- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 18

scrutinize

Answer 18

verb to examine closely

Question 19

tepid

Answer 19

adjective- lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest