vocabulary fall list 5

1. adroit: having or showing skill. She is adroit at handling problems. 2. amicable: showing a polite and friendly desire to avoid disagreement. They reached an amicable agreement. 3. averse: having an active feeling of repugnance. I'm not averse to fish if is cock right. 4. belligerent: angry and aggressive. He was drunk and belligerent. 5. benevolent: kind and generous. A gift from benevolent donor. 6. cursory: rapidly and often superficially produced. The mayor gave a cursory glance at the report. 7. duplicity: dishonest behavior. He exposed the spy's duplicity. 8. extol: to praise. The health benefits of exercise are widely extolled. 9. feasible: possible to do. We look for feasible ways to create new jobs. 10. grimace: facial expression of disgust. He made a grimace when he tasted the medicine. 11. holocaust: killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during world war II. The museum Is devoted to the holocaust. 12. impervious: not allowing something. The material for this coat is supposed to be to be impervious to rain. 13. impetus: a force that causes something. His researchers have given impetus to further research. 14. jeopardy: exposure to imminence of death. Firefighters put their lives at jeopardy by executing daring rescues. 15. meticulous: very careful at doing something. He described the scene in meticulous detail. 16. nostalgia: the state of being homesick. He was filled with nostalgia for his college days. 17. quintessence: the most typical example. Parthenon In Greece was consider the quintessence of the virtue of charity. 18. retrogress: to move backward. The quality research at the university lab has begun to retrogress since the massive budget has decreased. 19. scrutinize: to examine. I closely scrutinized my opponent's moves. 20. tepid: not hot and not cold. My suggestion was given a tepid response.