English Vocabulary 2 - Grade 9

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

(adj) Skillful, an expert in the use of the hands or mind

Question 2

Amicable

Answer 2

(adj) Peaceable, friendly

Question 3

Averse

Answer 3

(adj) Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Question 4

Belligerent

Answer 4

Given fight to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

(adj) Kindly, charitable

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

(adj) Hasty, not thorough

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

(noun)Treachery, deceitful

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

To praise extravagantly

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

(adj) Possible, able to be done

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

(noun) A wry face, facial distortion

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

Not affected or hurt by; admitting 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

(adj) Extremely careful; particularly careful about details.

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

(noun) 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

(verb) To examine closely

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest