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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
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