adroit • Adjective- skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind amicable Adj: peacable, friendly averse • Adj.: having a distaste for; opposed to belligerent • Adjective- given to fighting, warlike; aggressive benevolent • Adj: kindly; charitable cursory • Adj: hasty; not thorough duplicity • Noun: deceitfulness, fraud, chicanery extol • Verb- to praise extravagantly feasible • Adjective- possible, able to be done grimace • Noun- a wry face, facial contortion • Verb- to make a wry face holocaust • Noun; a large scale destruction; conflagration impervious • Adj. : not affected or hurt by; impenetrable impetus • Noun: a moving force; impulse; stimulus jeopardy • Noun- danger meticulous • Adjective- extremely careful, particular about details nostalgia • Noun- longing for something past; homesickness quintessence • Noun: the purest form of something; best example; paragon retrogress • Verb- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition scrutinize • Verb- to examine closely tepid • Adj: lukewarm; unenthusiastic