Sadlier-Oxford Level E - Unit 2

Elizabeth S. (United States of America)
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  1. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  2. amicable
    characterized by friendship and good will
  3. averse
    strongly opposed
  4. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  5. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  6. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  7. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
  8. extol
    praise, glorify, or honor
  9. feasible
    capable of being done with means at hand
  10. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  11. holocaust
    an act of mass destruction and loss of life
  12. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  13. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
  14. jeopardy
    a source of danger
  15. meticulous
    marked by precise accordance with details
  16. nostalgia
    a longing for something past
  17. quintessence
    the most typical example or representative of a type
  18. retrogress
    get worse or fall back to a previous condition
  19. scrutinize
    examine carefully for accuracy
  20. tepid
    moderately warm
Created on Fri Oct 29 15:46:47 EDT 2010

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