| A | B |
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| adroit | adj. skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
| amicable | adj. peaceable, friendly |
| averse | adj. having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| belligerent | adj. given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; or NOUN, one at war, one engaged in war |
| benevolent | adj. kind, charitable |
| cursory | adj. hasty, not thorough |
| duplicity | noun. treachery, deceitfulness |
| extol | verb. to prais extravagantly |
| feasible | adj. possible, able to be done |
| grimace | noun. a wry face, facial distortion; or VERB. to make a wry face |
| holocaust | noun. a large-scale destruciton, expecially by fire; a vast slaughter |
| impervious | adj. not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
| impetus | noun. a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
| jeopardy | noun. danger |
| meticulous | adj. extremely careful; particular about details |
| nostalgia | noun. a longing for something past; homesickenss |
| quintessence | noun. the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
| retrogress | verb. to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
| scrutinize | verb. to examine closely |
| tepid | adj. lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |
