Honors English Unit 2 Vocabulary
Meticulous
(adj) extremely careful; particular about details
Belligerent
(adj) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive (n) one
Cursory
(adj) hasty, not thorough
Averse
(adj) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
Benevolent
(adj) kindly, charitable
Tepid
(adj) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
Impervious
(adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
Amicable
(adj) peaceable, friendly
Feasible
(adj) possible, able to be done
Adroit
(adj) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
Holocaust
(n) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
Nostalgia
(n) a longing for something past; homesickness
Impetus
(n) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
Jeopardy
(n) danger
Quintessence
(n) the pursuit essence or form of something; the most typical example
Duplicity
(n) treachery, deceitfulness
Grimace
(v) a wry face, facial distortion (v) to make a wry face
Scrutinize
(v) to examine closely
Retrogress
(v) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
Extol
(v) to praise extravagantly
People discuss the feasibility of an action to determine whether it is
Achievable
To scrutinize a document means to
Analyze it
Her ANTIPATHETIC response to the homeless man (Synonym)
Averse
The ENTHUSIASTIC response of the fans (Antonym)
Averse
Respond with a CONFRONTATIONAL voice (Synonym)
Belligerent
A shocking case of FRAUD (Synonym)
Duplicity
Not PRACTICABLE during the winter months (Synonym)
Feasible
The intimidating SCOWL on his face (Synonym)
Grimace
What two words have two different parts of speech?
Grimace & Belligerent
SMILED BROADLY at the sight of her grandchild (Antonym)
Grimaced
An INUNDATION of the valley after the storm (Antonym)
Holocaust
Rescued dozens of people from the BLAZING INFERNO (Synonym)
Holocaust
IMPERILMENT caused by risky behavior (Synonym)
Jeopardy
Staged a PAINSTAKING re-creation of a famous battle (Synonym)
Meticulous
A FORWARD-LOOKING APPROACH to life
Nostalgia
A brief spell of YEARNING (Synonym)
Nostalgia
When people are averse to something, they are typically
Resistant to it
People who are extolled for a trait are generally
Respected
RELAPSE to a pattern of self-destructive behavior (Synonym)
Retrogress
Saw them DEVELOP into a successful team (Antonym)
Retrogress
A cursory (meticulous) exam is one that is definitely not
Thorough
