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PCS EnglishL
Vocabulary Unit 2
Question | Answer |
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adroit | (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind |
amicable | (adj.) peaceable, friendly |
averse | (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed; unwilling |
belligerent | (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive (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 (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 absences of interest |