lopez vocab

adroit

skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

s: clever

a: clumsy

amicable

peaceable, friendly

s: cordial

a: hostile

averse

having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

s: loathe

a: eager

belligerent

(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive;

s: assertive

a: peaceful

benevolent

kindly, charitable

s: benign, nice

a: malicious

cursory

hasty, not thorough

s: quick

a: careful

duplicity

treachery, deceitfulness

s: fraud

a: honesty

extol

to praise highly

s: hail

a: criticize

feasible

possible, able to be done

s: viable

a: unworkable

grimace

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

s: frown

a: smile

Holocaust

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

s: devastation

a: n/a

impervious

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

s: resistant

a: permeable

impetus

a moving force, impulse, stimulus

s: incentive

a: hindarance

jeopardy

(n.) danger

S: risk, hazard, peril

A: safety, security

meticulous

extremely careful; particular about details

s: thorough

a: sloppy

nostalgia

a longing for something past; homesickness

s: sentiment

a: n/a

quintessence

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

s: sentient

a: n/a

retrogress

to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

s: revert

a: evolve

scrutinize

to examine closely

s: inspect

a: skim

tepid

lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

s: half hearted

a: excited

root: ann, enn

yearly, year

root: con, co, col

with, together, join

root: contra

against, opposite, different

root: cred

believe

root: dict

say, speech, speak

root: fract, frag

break

root: inter

among, between