Honors English Unit 2 Vocabulary

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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


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