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Christine Vocab 10-5-09
Unit 2
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skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind | Adroit |
peaceable, friendly | Amicable |
having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling | Averse |
given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war | Belligerent |
kindly, charitable | Benevolent |
hasty, not thorough | Cursory |
treachery, deceitfulness | Duplicity |
to praise extravagantly | Extol |
possible, able to be done | Feasible |
a wry face, facial distortion, to make a wry face | Grimace |
a large-scale destruction, especially by fire, a vast slaughter; a burnt offering | Holocaust |
not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance | Impervious |
a moving force, impulse, stimulus | Impetus |
danger | Jeopardy |
extremely careful; particular about details | Meticulous |
a longing for something past; homesickness | Nostalgia |
the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example | Quintessence |
to move backward; to return to an earlier condition | Retrogress |
to examine closely | Scrutinize |
lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest | Tepid |
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