Vocabulary Unit 2 Review

a large-scale destruction, especially by fire

• holocaust

• impetus

• grimace

to praise extravagantly

• averse

• scrutinize

• extol

skillful; expert in the use of the hands or mind

• amicable

• adroit

• feasible

peaceable; friendly

• meticulous

• amicable

• belligerent

impenetrable; resistant

• impervious

• tepid

• cursory

workable; possible; able to be done

• quintessence

• benevolent

• feasible

opposed; unwilling

• jeopardy

• averse

• retrogress

truculent; pugnacious, aggressive

• belligerent

• benevolent

• duplicity

to examine closely

• extol

• scrutinize

• nostalgia

well-meaning; kindly

• meticulous

• tepid

• benevolent