Unit 3 vocab

Adroit

expert or nimble; cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious

Amicable

characterized by showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable

Averse

having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance

Belligerent (adj.

warlike; given to waging war; aggressively hostile

Benevolent (adj.

characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings; kind

Cursory

going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; quick

Duplicity (n.

deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter

Extol (v.

to praise highly; celebrate

Feasible (adj.

capable of being done, effected, or accomplished; probable, likely

Grimace (n.

a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval/ pain

Holocaust (n.

a great or complete devastation or destruction

Impervious (adj.

not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable; closed

Impetus (n.

a moving force; impulse; catalyst; motivation

Jeopardy (n

hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury

Meticulous (adj.

taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough

Nostalgia (n.

a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time; longing

Quintessence (n.

the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome

Retrogress (v.

to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition

Scrutinize (v.

to examine in detail with careful or critical attention; investigate

Tepid

moderately warm; lukewarm