adroit
clever, deft, slick, dexterous
benevolent
benign, well-meaning
cursory
quick, superficial, perfunctory
duplicity
double-dealing, chicanery
feasible
workable, viable
grimace
pained expression, facial contortion
holocaust
conflagration, devastation, annihilation
meticulous
fastidious, fussy
quintessence
paragon, exemplar
scrutinize
inspect, pore over
amicable
congenial, neighborly, cordial
averse
disinclined, loath
belligerent
assertive, truculent, pugnacious
extol
glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
impervious
impenetrable, resistant, proof against
impetus
impulse, spur
jeopardy
risk, hazard, peril
retrogress
revert, degenerate, decline
tepid
insipid, halfhearted