E2 Vocab 4

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

• impetus

• tepid

• retrogress

• averse

(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

(n.) danger

• jeopardy

• impetus

• extol

• retrogress

(v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition

• nostalgia

• impetus

• retrogress

• belligerent

(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

• impetus

• nostalgia

• belligerent

• cursory

(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

• belligerent

• impetus

• nostalgia

• meticulous

(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

• nostalgia

• meticulous

• belligerent

• cursory