Vocabulary Unit 2

Question 1

Amicable

Answer 1

Peaceful, friendly

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

Given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggressive

Question 4

Benevolent

Answer 4

Kindly, charitable

Question 5

Cursory

Answer 5

Hasty, not thorough

Question 6

Duplicity

Answer 6

Treachery; deceitful

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

To praise extravagantly

Question 8

Feasible

Answer 8

Possible, able to be done

Question 9

Grimace

Answer 9

A wary face, facial distortion

Question 10

Holocaust

Answer 10

A large scale destruction

Question 11

Adroit

Answer 11

Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

Danger

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

Extremely careful; particular about details

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

A longing for something past; homesickness

Question 17

Quintessence

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 19

Scrutinize

Answer 19

To examine closely

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic