Vocab Unit 2

Question 0

Amicable

Answer 0

Peaceable, friendly

Question 1

Adroit

Answer 1

Skillful, expert in using the hands or mind

Question 2

Averse

Answer 2

Having a deep-seated distaste, opposed, unwilling

Question 3

Belligerent

Answer 3

Warlike, combative, aggressive; at war, engaged in war

Question 4

Benevolent

Answer 4

Kindly, charitable

Question 5

Cursory

Answer 5

Hasty, not thorough

Question 6

Duplicity

Answer 6

Treachery, deceitfulness

Question 7

Extol

Answer 7

To praise extravagantly

Question 8

Feasible

Answer 8

Possible, able to be done

Question 9

Grimace

Answer 9

Wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry expression

Question 10

Holocaust

Answer 10

Large scale destruction

Question 11

Impervious

Answer 11

Not affected or hurt by, admitting no passage

Question 12

Impetus

Answer 12

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Question 13

Jeopardy

Answer 13

Danger

Question 14

Meticulous

Answer 14

Extremely careful and particular to detail

Question 15

Nostalgia

Answer 15

A longing for something past, homesickness

Question 16

Quintessence

Answer 16

The purest form, most typical example

Question 17

Retrogress

Answer 17

To move backwards, to return to earlier condition

Question 18

Scrutinize

Answer 18

To examine closely

Question 19

Tepid

Answer 19

Lukewarm, unenthusiastic, absence of interest