adroit

• Adjective- skillful, expert in the use of the

hands or mind

amicable

Adj: peacable, friendly

averse

• Adj.: having a distaste for; opposed to

belligerent

• Adjective- given to fighting, warlike;

aggressive

benevolent

• Adj: kindly; charitable

cursory

• Adj: hasty; not thorough

duplicity

• Noun:

deceitfulness,

fraud, chicanery

extol

• Verb- to praise extravagantly

feasible

• Adjective- possible, able to be done

grimace

• Noun- a wry face, facial contortion

• Verb- to make a wry face

holocaust

• Noun; a large scale destruction; conflagration

impervious

• Adj. : not affected or hurt by; impenetrable

impetus

• Noun: a moving force; impulse; stimulus

jeopardy

• Noun- danger

meticulous

• Adjective- extremely careful, particular

about details

nostalgia

• Noun- longing for something past;

homesickness

quintessence

• Noun: the purest form of something; best example; paragon

retrogress

• Verb- to move backward; to return to an

earlier condition

scrutinize

• Verb- to examine closely

tepid

• Adj: lukewarm; unenthusiastic