Monday, September 16, 2013

Vocab #5

1)adroit: skillful or dexterous 


The mom knew that he was adroit because he could tie his shoes at the age of 3. 


2)amicable: characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable


The kids were amicable to the new girl in school, they made he feel welcome. 


3)averse: having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance; opposed 


Lawyers are averse, their job requires them to have a strong feeling of opposition. 


4) belligerent: warlike; given to waging war 


she was very belligerent with her argument today.


5) benevolent: characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings 


The church group was benevolent by giving away backpacks with school supplies in it to help out the people that cant afford it. 


6) cursory: going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial 


He was so cursory that on his test he forgot to write his name. 


7)duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing 


The duplicity of her actions will cause something bad in her life. 


8) Extol: to praise highly, laud 

Most teenage girls extol Justine Bieber.  

9) Feasible: capable of being done, effected or accomplished 

That project is feasible, it can be done by tomorrow. 

10) Grimace: a facial expression, often ugly or contorted that indicates disapproval, pain

In cheer we did some grimace facials.

11) Holocaust: a great or complete devastation or destruction especially by firing

The holocaust killed a lot of people in Europe. 

 12) Impervious: not permitting penetration or passage incapable of being injured or impaired

Special trained agents are impervious to pain.
 
13)  Impetus: moving force, impulse, stimulus

As the roller coaster shot up i felt a strong impetus. 

14) Jeopardy: hazard or risk of exposure to loss harm, death or injury; peril or danger 

If he comes in late one more time he might be in jeopardy of loosing his job.

 15) Meticulous: taking or showing minute details; precise, thorough 

Her meticulous project earned her an award. 

 16) Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's lives

A feeling of nostalgia hits us once in a while. 

17) Quintessence: the pure and concentrated essence of a substance

Wine is a form of quintessence. 

18) Retrogress: to go backward into an earlier and usually wise condition

Its better to retrogress and then do things right.

19) Scrutinize: to examine in detail with careful or critical attention 

I scrutinized the test to see if i knew any of the questions. 

20) Tepid: characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm

The little girl had a tepid reaction when they told her they were going to go fishing. 

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