vocab definitions unit 2

Question 1

adroit

Answer 1

skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

Question 2

benevolent

Answer 2

kindly, charitable

Question 3

cursory

Answer 3

hasty, not thorough

Question 4

duplicity

Answer 4

treachery, deceitfulness

Question 5

feasible

Answer 5

possible, able to be done

Question 6

grimace

Answer 6

a wry face, facial distortion

to make a wry face

Question 7

holocaust

Answer 7

a large scale destruction , especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burt offering

Question 8

meticulous

Answer 8

extremely careful; particular about details

Question 9

quintessence

Answer 9

the purest essence or dorm of something; the most typical example

Question 10

scruntinize

Answer 10

to examine closely

Question 11

amicable

Answer 11

peaceable, friendly

Question 12

averse

Answer 12

having a deep-seated distaste; opposed unwilling

Question 13

belligerent

Answer 13

given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive

one at war, one engaged in war

Question 14

extol

Answer 14

to praise extravagantly

Question 15

impervious

Answer 15

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

Question 16

impetus

Answer 16

a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 17

jeopardy

Answer 17

danger

Question 18

nostalgia

Answer 18

a ponging for something past; homesickness

Question 19

retrogress

Answer 19

to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Question 20

tepid

Answer 20

lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest