Vocabulary Unit 2

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VocabularyUnit 2
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Adroit

• To juggle bowling balls, one must be adroit.

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Amicable

• Friends should be amicable when settling disputes.

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Averse

• The man is averse to eating caviar.

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Belligerent

• The captain of the US Marine Corps has a
  belligerent attitude.

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Benevolent

• The kind man gave a benevolent gift of money to
  the homeless person.

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Cursory

• The boy was doing a cursory study of his history
  book for the test tomorrow.

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Duplicity

• The criminal, full of duplicity, was armed and
  ready to rob the bank.

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Extol

• I must extol the man who saved the boy from the
  shark attack.

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Feasible

• Give a feasible answer to the question for full
  credit.

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Grimace

• The grimace showed all the pain that followed the
  tragedy.

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Holocaust

• The great Chicago holocaust was said to be
  started by Mrs. OLearys cow.

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Impervious

• A roof on a house should be impervious to the
  outside weather.

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Impetus

• The impetus behind the new rule was when a
  student decided to eat spaghetti and meatballs in
  class.

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Jeopardy

• When people make the decision to play in traffic,
  they put their lives in jeopardy.

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Meticulous

• A clean house requires a meticulous caretaker.

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Nostalgia

• The song gave the audience the feeling of
  nostalgia.

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Quintessence

• The quintessence of gasoline is crude oil.

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Retrogress

• After curing his disease, he had retrogressed to
  a state worse than he had started.

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Scrutinize

• Scrutinize this paper and tell me if this is your
  handwriting.

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Tepid

• The coffee I ordered was already tepid when I
  started to take a sip.