Lit - Sadlier Unit 2 Vocab

adroit

skillfu, expert in the use of the hands or mind

benevolent

kindly, charitable

cursory

hasty, not thorough

duplicity

treachery, deceitfulness

feasible

possible, able to be done

grimace (n)

a wry face, facial distortion

grimace (v)

to make a wry face

holocaust

a large - scale destruction

meticulous

extremely careful, particular about details

quintessence

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

scrutinize

to examine closely

amicable

peacable, friendly

averse

having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

belligerent

given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggressive

extol

to praise extravangantly

impervious

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

impetus

a moving force, impulse, stimulus

jeopardy

danger

nostalgia

a longing for something past; homesickness

retrogress

to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

tepid

lukewarm