Unit 2 Vocabulary

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meticulous

ADJ; extremely careful; particular about details; SYN - painstaking; ANT - careless

belligerent

ADJ; given to fighting, warlike; combative, agressive N; one at war, one engaged in war SYN-assertive ANT - peaceful

cursory

ADJ; hasty, not thorough; SYN - quick; ANT - thorough

averse

ADJ; having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling. SYN-disclined, loath, ANT - eager, keen

benevolent

ADJ; kindly, charitable; SYN-well-meaning; ANT; malicious

tepid

ADJ; lukewarm; unenthusiastic; SYN - halfhearted; ANT - heated

impervious

ADJ; not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance; SYN - impenetrable; ANT - permeable

amicable

ADJ; peaceable and friendly; SYN - congenial; ANT - hostile

feasible

ADJ; possible, able to be done; SYN-workable; ANT -unworkable

adroit

ADJ; skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind; SYN - clever ANT - clumsy

holocaust

N; a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering; SYN-devastation; ANT - deluge

impetus

N; a moving force, impulse, stimulus;SYN-impulse; ANT - hindrance

grimace

N; a wry face, facial distortion; SYN-pained expression; ANT; smile or grin

jeopardy

N; danger; SYN - risk; ANT - safety

nostalgia

N; longing for something past; homesickness; SYN-none; ANT - none

quintessence

N; the purest essence of form of something; the most typical example; SYN-paragon ANT-none

duplicity

N; treachery, deceitfulness; SYN - fraud; ANT - none

scruntinize

V; to examine closely; SYN - inspect ANT - skim

retrogress

V; to move backward; to return to an earlier condition; SYN - revert; ANT- skim

extol

V; to praise extravagantly; SYN-glorify; ANT - criticize


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