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| Adroit | (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind. SYN: clever, deft, dexterous, slick. ANT: clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
| Amicable | (adj.) peaceful, friendly. SYN: congenial, neighborly, cordial. ANT: hostile, antagonistic |
| averse | (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposes, unwilling. SYN:disinclined, loath. ANT: favorably disposed, eager, keen |
| belligerent | (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive ;(n) one at war, one engaged in war. SYN: (adj.) assertive, truculent, pugnacious. ANT:(adj.) peaceful, conciliatory, placid |
| benevolent | (adj.) kindly, charitable. SYN: benign, well-meaning. ANT: malicious, spiteful, malevolent |
| cursory | (adj.) hasty, not thorough. SYN: quick, superficial, perfunctory. ANT: thorough, painstaking, careful |
| duplicity | (n.) treachery, deceitfulness. SYN: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery |
| extol | (v.) to praise extravagantly. SYN:glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail. ANT:criticize, belittle, disparage |
| feasible | (adj.) possible, able to be done. SYN: workable, practicable, viable. ANT: unworkable, impractical |
| grimace | (n.) a wry face, facial distortion;(v.) to make a wry face. SYN:(n.)pained expression, facial contortion. ANT: (n.)smile, grin;(v.)beam |
| holocaust | (n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering. SYN: conflagration, devastation, annihilation. ANT: deluge, inundation |
| impervious | (adj.)not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance. SYN: impenetrable, resistant, proof against. ANT: porous, permeable, vulnerable |
| impetus | (n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus. SYN: impulse, incentive, spur. ANT:curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint |
| jeopardy | (n.) danger. SYN: risk, hazard, peril. ANT: safety, security |
| meticulous | (adj.) extremely careful; particular about details. SYN: fastidious, painstaking, fussy. ANT:careless, negligent, sloppy |
| nostalgia | (n.) a longing for something past; homesickness |
| quintessence | (n.) the pufest essence or form of something; the most typical example. SYN: paragon, exemplar |
| retrogress | (v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition. SYN: revert, degenerate, decline. ANT: advance, evolve, progress |
| scrutinize | (v.)to examine closely. SYN: inspect, pore over. ANT: skim, scan, glance at |
| tepid | (adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest. SYN: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy. ANT: heated, excited, enthusiastic |
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