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Vocabulary Unit 2--Level E
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| adroit | skillful; expert in the use of the hands or mind (syn.) clever, deft, dexterous, slick (ant.) clumsy, inept, all thumbs |
| amicable | peacable, friendly (syn.) congenial, neighborly, cordial (ant.) hostile, antagonistic |
| averse | having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling (syn.) disinclined, loath (ant.) favorably disposed, eager, keen |
| belligerent | given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war, one engaged in war (syn) assertive, truculent, pugnacious (ant) peaceful, concilitory, placid |
| benevolent | kindly; charitable (syn) benign, well-meaning (ant) malicious, spiteful, malevolent |
| cursory | hasty; not thorough (syn) quick, superficial, perfunctory (ant) thorough, painstaking, careful |
| duplicity | treachery, deceitfulness (syn) fraud, double-dealing, chicanery |
| extol | to praise extravagantly (syn) glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail (ant) criticize, belittle, disparage |
| feasible | possible; able to be done (syn) workable, praticable, viable (ant) unworkable, impractical |
| grimace | a wry face, facial distortion; to make a wry face (syn) pained expression, facial contortion (ant) smile, grin, beam |
| holocaust | a large-scale destruction, expecially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering (syn) conflagration, devastation, annihilation (ant) deluge, inundation |
| impervious | not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance (syn) impenetrable, resistant, proof against (ant) porous, permeable, vulnerable |
| impetus | a moving force, impulse, stimulus (syn) impulse, incentive, spur (ant) curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint |
| jeopardy | danger (syn) risk, hazard, peril (ant) safety, securituy |
| meticulous | extremely careful; particular about details (syn) fastidious, painstaking, fussy (ant) careless, negligent, sloppy |
| nostalgia | a longing for something past; homesickness |
| quintessence | the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example (syn) paragon, exemplar |
| retrogress | to move backward; to return to an earlier condition (syn) revert, degenerate, decline (ant) advance, evolve, progress |
| tepid | lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest (syn) insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy (ant) heated, excited, enthusiastic |
| scrutinize | to examine closely (syn) inspect, pore over (ant) skim, scan, glance at |
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