Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2

Kaitlun Bridges (United States of America)
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  1. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
    He confounded his many critics, who regularly predicated his political demise, through adroit maneuvering.
  2. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
    In response to our questions, Chalon said: "We are close to reaching an amicable agreement."
  3. averse
    strongly opposed
    The artist was famously averse to abstract painting, which he considered solely decorative.
  4. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
    Once the company needs process in order to scale, these leaders get bored, or belligerent.
  5. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
    If only venture capitalists were so benevolent in real life!
  6. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    He says they were given only cursory interviews and subjected to degrading body searches.
  7. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
    But duplicity and betrayal are often discovered, sometimes soon after they begin.
  8. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
    Rodriguez extolled his hard work, going back to his Seattle days, then gave his opinion on the growing steroids scandal.
  9. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
    Opening up the hard shoulder to an extra lane of traffic is a far more feasible way of increasing capacity, says Pat Hanlon.
  10. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
    "Cramp!" was all I could grimace, as the pain shot through both legs.
Created on Tue Sep 17 19:50:05 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Sep 17 20:02:02 EDT 2013)

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