Vocab

22 cards·by Hemani123

Adroit

Skillful; expert in the use of hands or mind

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Adroit

Skillful; expert in the use of hands or mind

Amicable

Peaceable; friendly

Averse

Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling

Belligerent

Given to fighting, warlike;combative, aggressive; one at war

Benevolent

Kindly, charitable

Cursory

Hasty, not thorough

Duplicity

Treachery, deceitfulness

Extol

To praise extravagantly

Feasible

Possible, able to be done

Grimace

A wry face, facial distortion, to make a wry face

Holocaust

A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

Impervious

Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance

Impetus

A moving force, impulse, stimulus

Jeopardy

Danger

Meticulous

Extremely careful; particular about details

Nostalgia

A longing for something; homesickness

Quintessence

The purest or form of something; the most typical example

Retrogress

To move backward; to return to an earlier condition

Scrutinize

To examine closely

Tepid

Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest