| Term | Definition |
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| adroit | adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers. |
| amicable | (adj.): peaceable, friendly |
| averse | (adj.): having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling |
| belligerent | (adj.): given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n): one at war, one engaged in war |
| benevolent | (adj.): kindly, charitable |
| cursory | (adj.): hasty, not thorough |
| duplicity | (n): treachery, deceitfulness |
| extol | (v): to praise extravagantly |
| feasible | (adj.): possible, able to be done |
| grimace | (n): a wry face, facial distortion; (v): 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 about small details. syn: careful, wary. ant: careless, sloppy. |
| 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 or interest |
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