Vocab Week 2

Chelsie C.
20 words 11 learners

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  1. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
    Adjective
    Clever
  2. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
    Adjective
    Afraid
  3. averse
    strongly opposed
    Adjective
    Afraid
  4. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
    Adjective
    Warlike aggressive
  5. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
    Adjective
    Caring generous
  6. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    Adjective
    Breif random
  7. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
    Noun
    Fraud hypocrisy
  8. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
    Verb
    A claim praiae
  9. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
    Adjective
    Achievable
  10. grimace
    a contorted facial expression
    Noun
    Scout frown
  11. holocaust
    an act of mass destruction and loss of life
    noun
    genocide
    catastrophe
  12. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
    adjective
    closed to,resistant
  13. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
    adjective
    eager,fierce
  14. jeopardy
    a source of danger
    noun
    accident risk on the line
  15. meticulous
    marked by extreme care in treatment of details
    adjective
    exact,accurate
  16. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
    noun
    fond memories,sentimental
  17. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
    noun
    kernel, soul, essential
  18. retrogress
    get worse or fall back to a previous condition
    verb
    worsen,revert
  19. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
    verb
    analyze check out
  20. tepid
    moderately warm
    adjective
    warm moderate mild
Created on Tue Sep 10 07:43:30 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Sep 10 13:35:13 EDT 2013)

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