| Term | Definition |
|---|
| adroit | You must be very adroit with knitting before you can even start a sweater. |
| amicable | The waitress was amicable when she greeted the customers. |
| averse | You are not likely to become a marathon runner if you are ever averse to strenuous exercise. |
| belligerent | Israel and Pakistan are known to have very belligerent attitudes towards one another. |
| benevolent | The two men bade Scrooge a merry Christmas, seeing that he was not very benevolent and had no intention of making a donation. |
| cursory | Do not be cursory while taking your test, you'll make lots of mistakes! |
| duplicity | Beware of duplicity, you never know when you will be hoodwinked. |
| extol | He would constantly extol his favorite football player, wishing nothing more than to follow in his footsteps. |
| feasible | Just because they say that is is impossible to raid the castle does not mean that it isn't feasible. |
| grimace | He grimaced, trying hard to look cheerful despite the searing pain in his shoulder. |
| holocaust | My grandparents' lost all of their possessions in a holocaust years ago. |
| impervious | Sticks and stones may break your bones, but do not assume that one is impervious to words. |
| impetus | Seeing how neat her friend's house was, she felt a sudden impetus to do some spring cleaning. |
| jeopardy | The idea that his friends might be in jeopardy only drove him to try harder. |
| meticulous | His hands were careful and skilled, he was very meticulous as he handled the artifact. |
| nostalgia | The veteran was swept by a wave of nostalgia as the old war music began to play on the radio. |
| quintessence | Her love was so pure, it was the quintessence of affection. |
| retrogress | I felt my heart sink as I heard the news that my patient's health was fading, she was beginning to retrogress. |
| scrutinize | The scientist pulled his eye to the lens of the microscope in order to scrutinize the bacteria. |
| tepid | The question made her nervous: she gave a tepid answer and scurried off. |
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