Unit 2

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

adj.) skillful, 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

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

Question 5

Benevolent

Answer 5

adj.) kindly, charitable

Question 6

Cursory

Answer 6

adj.) hasty, not through

Question 7

Duplicity

Answer 7

n.) treachery, deceitfulness

Question 8

Extol

Answer 8

v.) to praise extravagantly

Question 9

Feasible

Answer 9

adj.) possible, able to be done

Question 10

Grimace

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Holocaust

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Impervious

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Impetus

Answer 13

n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 14

Jeopardy

Answer 14

n.) danger

Question 15

Meticulous

Answer 15

adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

Question 16

Nostalgia

Answer 16

n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

Question 17

Quintessence

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Retrogress

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Scrutinize

Answer 19

v.) to examine closely

Question 20

Tepid

Answer 20

adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest