| A | B |
|---|
| Adroit | skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| Amicable | peaceable, friendly |
| Averse | having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| Belligerent | given to a fight, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war |
| Benevolent | kindly, charitable |
| Cursory | hasty, not thorough |
| Duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness |
| Extol | to praise extravagantly |
| Feasible | possible, able to be done |
| Grimace | a wry face, facial distortion, to make a wry face |
| Holocaust | a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
| Impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| Impetus | a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| Jeopardy | danger |
| Meticulous | extremely careful; particular about details |
| Nostalgia | a longing for something past; homesickness |
| Quintessence | the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| Retrogress | to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| Scrutinize | to examine closely |
| Tepid | lukewarm; enenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest |
