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Vocab Unit 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

a)

adroit

b)

benevolent

c)

grimace

d)

meticulous

2.

(adj.) possible, able to be done

a)

extol

b)

cursory

c)

belligerent

d)

feasible

3.

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

a)

impetus

b)

tepid

c)

retrogress

d)

averse

4.

(n.) treachery, deceitfulness

a)

belligerent

b)

duplicity

c)

benevolent

d)

grimace

5.

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

a)

holocaust

b)

nostalgia

c)

quintessence

d)

jeopardy

6.

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

a)

averse

b)

meticulous

c)

impetus

d)

impervious

7.

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

a)

nostalgia

b)

quintessence

c)

grimace

d)

extol

8.

(v.) to examine closely

a)

benevolent

b)

retrogress

c)

scrutinize

d)

meticulous

9.

(adj.) peaceable, friendly

a)

amicable

b)

averse

c)

belligerent

d)

benevolent

10.

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

a)

cursory

b)

nostalgia

c)

grimace

d)

holocaust

11.

(adj.) kindly, charitable

a)

averse

b)

extol

c)

benevolent

d)

cursory

12.

(adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

a)

belligerent

b)

averse

c)

extol

d)

grimace

13.

(n.) danger

a)

jeopardy

b)

impetus

c)

extol

d)

retrogress

14.

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

a)

nostalgia

b)

impetus

c)

retrogress

d)

belligerent

15.

(v.) to praise extravagantly

a)

nostalgia

b)

belligerent

c)

extol

d)

impetus

16.

(n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus

a)

impetus

b)

nostalgia

c)

belligerent

d)

cursory

17.

(adj.) extremely careful; particular about details

a)

belligerent

b)

impetus

c)

nostalgia

d)

meticulous

18.

(n.) a longing for something past; homesickness

a)

nostalgia

b)

meticulous

c)

belligerent

d)

cursory

19.

(adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war

a)

nostalgia

b)

cursory

c)

belligerent

d)

averse

20.

(adj.) hasty, not thorough

a)

grimace

b)

feasible

c)

benevolent

d)

cursory