Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2 (Level E)

adroit

adj. skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

amicable

adj. peaceable, friendly

averse

adj. having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

belligerent

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

benevolent

adj. kindly, charitable

cursory

adj. hasty, not thorough

duplicity

n. treachery, deceitfulness

extol

v. to praise extravagantly

feasible

adj. possible, able to be done

grimace

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

holocaust

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

impervious

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

impetus

n. a moving force, impulse, stimulus

jeopardy

n. danger

meticulous

adj. extremely careful; particular about details

nostalgia

n. a longing for something past; homesickness

quintessence

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

retrogress

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

scrutinize

v. to examine closely

tepid

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