| A | B |
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| adroit | (adj) skillful, resourceful; quick in thought or reaction |
| amicable | (adj) characterized by friendliness and goodwill |
| averse | (adj) having a strong feeling of opposition |
| belligerent | (adj) warlike; aggressively hostile |
| benevolent | (adj) charitable; doing good or giving aid to others |
| cursory | (adj) hasty; superficial; doing quickly without noticing details |
| duplicity | (n) deceitfulness; double-dealing |
| extol | (v) to praise highly |
| feasible | (adj) capable of doing; suitable, workable |
| grimace | (n) a facial expression that indicates disapproval or pain (v) to make such a face |
| holocaust | (n) great or complete destruction or devastation, especially by fire |
| impervious | (adj) incapable of being injured or impaired; impenetrable |
| impetus | (n) a driving force; stimulus |
| jeopardy | (n) danger, peril; risk of injury |
| meticulous | (adj) showing extreme care about tiny details; precise; finicky |
| nostalgia | (n) a sentimental desire to return to a former time; longing for home or family |
| quintessence | (n) the purest, most perfect representation of something |
| retrogress | (v) to go backward to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition |
| scrutinize | (v) to examine or inspect with great care; to inspect critically |
| tepid | (adj) lukewarm, halfhearted; lacking in enthusiasm |
