Vocab Unit 2

skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

• adroit

• benevolent

• grimace

• meticulous

(adj.) possible, able to be done

• extol

• cursory

• belligerent

• feasible

(adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest

• impetus

• tepid

• retrogress

• averse

(n.) treachery, deceitfulness

• belligerent

• duplicity

• benevolent

• grimace

(n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

• holocaust

• nostalgia

• quintessence

• jeopardy

(adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

• averse

• meticulous

• impetus

• impervious

(n.) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example

• nostalgia

• quintessence

• grimace

• extol

(v.) to examine closely

• benevolent

• retrogress

• scrutinize

• meticulous

(adj.) peaceable, friendly

• amicable

• averse

• belligerent

• benevolent

(n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a wry face

• cursory

• nostalgia

• grimace

• holocaust