Level E Unit 2 Vocabulary

Adroit -- skillful in the use of the hands or mind

Amicable -- peaceable, friendly

Averse -- having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Belligerent -- given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war or engaged in war

Benevolent -- kindly, charitable

Cursory -- hasty, not thorough

Duplicity -- treachery, deceitfulness

Extol -- to praise extravagantly

Feasible -- possible, able to be done

Grimace -- a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face

Holocaust -- a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter

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

Impetus -- a moving force, impulse, stimulus

Jeopardy -- danger

meticulous -- extremely careful; particular about details

Nostalgia -- a longing for something past; homesickness

Quintessence -- the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

Retrogress -- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrutinize -- to examine closely

Tepid -- lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest