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Unit 2 Level E
Integrated English 3
Term | Definition |
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adriot | (adj) skillful; expert in the use of hands or mind |
amicable | (adj) peaceable, friendly |
averse | (adj) having deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
billigerent | (adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; |
billigerent | (n) one at war, one engaged in war |
benevolent | (adj) kindly, charitable |
cursory | (adj) hasty, not thorough |
duplicity | (n) treachery, deceitfulness |
extol | (v) to praise extravagantly |
feasible | (adj) possible, able to be done |
grimace | (n) a wry face, facial distortion |
grimace | (v) to make a wry face |
holocaust | (n) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering |
impervious | (adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance |
impetus | (n) a moving force, impulse, stimulus |
jeopardy | (n) danger |
meticulous | (adj) extremely careful; particular about details |
nostalgia | (n) a longing for something past; homesickness |
quintessence | (n) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example |
retrogress | (v) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition |
scrutinize | (v) to examine closely |
tepid | (adj) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest |