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ADROIT; adj. Skillfull, expert in the use of the hands or mind. AMICABLE; adj. Peaceful, friendly. AVERSE; adj. Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling. BELLIGERENT; adj /n. Given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggrssive One at war, one engaged in war. BENEVOLENT; adj.
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ADROIT; adj Skillfull, expert in the use of the hands or mind
AMICABLE; adj. Peaceful, friendly
AVERSE; adj. Having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
BELLIGERENT; adj/n Given to fighting, warlike, combative, aggrssive One at war, one engaged in war
BENEVOLENT; adj Kind, charitable
CURSORY; adj Hasty, not thorough
DUPLICITY; n Treachery, deceitfulness
EXTOL; v To praise extravagantly
FEASIBLE; adj Possible, able to be done
GRIMACE; n/v A wry face, facial distortion To make a wry face
HOLOCAUST; n A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
IMPERVIOUS; adj Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
IMPETUS; n A moving force, impulse, stimulus
JEOPARDY; n. danger
METICULOUS; adj Extremely careful; particular about details
NOSTALGIA; n A longing for something past; homesickness
QUINTESSENCE; n The purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
RETROGRESS; v To move backward; to return to an earlier condition
SCRUTINIZE; v To examine closely
TEPID; adj Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest