| A | B |
|---|
| adroit | (adj) skillful, expert in the use of hands or mind |
| amicable | (adj) peaceable, friendly |
| averse | (adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| belligerent | (adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggresive; (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 |
| feasable | (adj) possible; able to be done |
| grimace | (n) a wry face, facial disotortion; (v) to make a wry face |
| holocaust | (n) a large-scale destruction, especially by 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 |
