Unit 2

Question 1

adroit

Answer 1

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

Question 2

adroit

Answer 2

(syn) clever, deft, dexterous, slick

Question 3

adroit

Answer 3

(ant) clumsy, inept, all thumbs

Question 4

amicable

Answer 4

(adj) peaceable, friendly

Question 5

amicable

Answer 5

(syn) congenial, neighborly, cordial

Question 6

amicable

Answer 6

(ant) hostile, antagonistic

Question 7

averse

Answer 7

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

Question 8

averse

Answer 8

(syn) disinclined, loath

Question 9

averse

Answer 9

(ant) favorably, disposed, eager, keen

Question 10

belligerent

Answer 10

(adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n) one at war, one engaged in war

Question 11

belligerent

Answer 11

(syn) (adj) assertive, truculent, pugnacious

Question 12

belligerent

Answer 12

(ant) (adj) peaceful conciliatory, placid

Question 13

benevolent

Answer 13

(adj) kindly, charitable

Question 14

benevolent

Answer 14

(syn) benign, well-meaning

Question 15

benevolent

Answer 15

(ant) malicious, spiteful, malevolent

Question 16

cursory

Answer 16

(adj) kindly, charitable

Question 17

cursory

Answer 17

(syn) benign, well-meaning

Question 18

cursory

Answer 18

(ant) malicious, spiteful, malevolent

Question 19

duplicity

Answer 19

(n) treachery, deceitfulness

Question 20

duplicity

Answer 20

(syn) fraud, double-dealing, chicanery

Question 21

extol

Answer 21

(v) to praise extravagantly

Question 22

extol

Answer 22

(syn) glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail

Question 23

extol

Answer 23

(ant) criticize, belittle, disparage

Question 24

feasible

Answer 24

(adj) possible, able to be done

Question 25

feasible

Answer 25

(syn) workable, practicable, viable

Question 26

feasible

Answer 26

(ant) unworkable, impractical

Question 27

grimace

Answer 27

(n) a wry face, facial distortion; (v) to make a wry face

Question 28

grimace

Answer 28

(syn) (n) pained expression, facial contortion

Question 29

grimace

Answer 29

(ant) (n) smile, grin (v) beam

Question 30

holocaust

Answer 30

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

Question 31

holocaust

Answer 31

(syn) conflagration, devastation, annihilation

Question 32

holocaust

Answer 32

(ant) deluge, inundation

Question 33

impervious

Answer 33

(adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Question 34

impervious

Answer 34

(syn) impenetrable, resistant, proof against

Question 35

impervious

Answer 35

(ant) porous, permeable, vulnerable

Question 36

impetus

Answer 36

(n) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 37

impetus

Answer 37

(syn) impulse, incentive, spur

Question 38

impetus

Answer 38

(ant) curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint

Question 39

jeopardy

Answer 39

(n) danger

Question 40

jeopardy

Answer 40

(syn) risk, hazard, peril

Question 41

jeopardy

Answer 41

(ant) safety, security

Question 42

meticulous

Answer 42

(adj) extremely careful; particular about details

Question 43

meticulous

Answer 43

(syn) fastidious, painstaking, fussy

Question 44

meticulous

Answer 44

(ant) careless, negligent, sloppy

Question 45

nostalgia

Answer 45

(n) a longing for something past, homesickness

Question 46

quintessence

Answer 46

(n) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Question 47

quintessence

Answer 47

(syn) paragon, exemplar

Question 48

retrogress

Answer 48

(v) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 49

retrogress

Answer 49

(syn) revert, degenerate, decline

Question 50

retrogress

Answer 50

(ant) advance, evolve, progress

Question 51

scrutinize

Answer 51

(v) to examine closely

Question 52

scrutinize

Answer 52

(syn) inspect, pore over

Question 53

scrutinize

Answer 53

(ant) skim, scan, glance at

Question 54

tepid

Answer 54

(adj) lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

Question 55

tepid

Answer 55

(syn) insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy

Question 56

tepid