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1. 
   Adroit (adj.):  skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind

2. Amicable (adj):  peaceable, friendly

3. Averse (adj):  having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

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

(n.) one at war, one engaged in war

5. Benevolent (adj.):  kindly, charitable

6. Cursory (adj.):  hasty, not thorough

7. Duplicity (n.):  treachery; deceitfulness

8. Extol (v.):  to praise extravagantly

9. Feasible (adj):  possible, able to be done

10. Grimace (n.):  a wry face, facial distortion (v) to make a wry face

11. Holocaust (n.):  a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter

12. Impervious (adj):  not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

13. Impetus (n.):  a moving force, impulse, stimulus

14. Jeopardy (n.):  danger

15. Meticulous (adj):  extremely careful; particular about details

16. Nostalgia (n.):  a longing for something past; homesickness

17. Quintessence (n):  the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example. 

18. Retrogress (v.):  to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

19. Scrutinize (v.): to examine closely

20. Tepid (adj.):  lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest.