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Vocabulary Lesson 4

Vocabulary Lesson 4. holocaust. A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter. When Dad added the lighter fluid, what had been a campfire became a holocaust. Not affected or hurt by something; admitting no passage or entrance. impervious.

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Vocabulary Lesson 4

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  1. Vocabulary Lesson 4

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

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

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

  5. Danger; peril jeopardy We didn’t realize the jeopardy we put ourselves in by driving without seat belts.

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

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

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

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

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

  11. Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an absence of interest tepid The man had a tepid attitude about whether he wanted to start work or not.

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