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Vocab Unit 2 Level E
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
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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) peaceable, friendly (syn) congenial, neighborly, cordial (ant) hostile, antagonistic |
| averse | (adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, 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 purest 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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