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Vocabulary #2

Vocabulary #2. nostalgia. A longing for something past; homesickness. As she watched her children open their presents from Santa, a feeling of _____ swept over her as she remembered her childhood Christmases. holocaust. A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter.

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Vocabulary #2

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  1. Vocabulary #2

  2. nostalgia A longing for something past; homesickness As she watched her children open their presents from Santa, a feeling of _____ swept over her as she remembered her childhood Christmases.

  3. holocaust A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter When Dad added the lighter fluid, what had been a campfire became a __________.

  4. Not affected or hurt by something; admitting no passage or entrance impervious He covered his classic car with a tarp that was __________ to anything that could drip on it.

  5. quintessence The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example  The girl’s soul was the ___________ of purity.

  6. A moving force, impulse, stimulus impetus The tank is an _____ as it forces its way through the countryside.

  7. retrogress To move backward; to return to an earlier condition At their 50th wedding anniversary, the couple couldn’t help but _______ to their early days of marriage.

  8. Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest tepid The man had a ________ attitude about his profession. How sad!

  9. Extremely careful; careful about details meticulous Experienced knitters are ________ about every stitch they make.

  10. scrutinize To examine closely I don’t like others to _________ my behavior when they have vices of their own.

  11. benevolent Kindly, charitable The ___________ hospital volunteer spent countless hours making quilts for breast cancer patients.

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