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