Sophomore Unit 2 Vocabulary

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

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

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 upward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrutinize

(v.) to examine closely

Tepid

(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by absence of interest