1. Vocabulary Unit 2

2. The adroit juggler threw seven balls in the air at one time.

3. adroit- adjective skillful; expert with use of hands or mind synonym-clever

4. People should be amicable when settling arguments.

5. amicable-adjective friendly; peaceable synonym-congenial

6. I am highly averse to eating caviar because I don’t like its consistency.

7. averse-adjective having a strong dislike; opposed to synonym-unenthusiastic about

8. The Jet’s football coach has a belligerent attitude.

9. belligerent-adjective tending to fight;aggressive; synonym-pugnacious synoy

10. The kind man gives benevolent charity gifts every year.

11. benevolent-adjective kindly; charitable synonym- well meaning

12. I admit, my studying was only cursory so I wasn’t surprised by my failing grade.

13. cursory-adjective not thorough; hasty synonym-quick; superficial

14. The criminal’s duplicity was astounding; he even lied to his own grandmother!

15. duplicity-noun deceitfulness in speech or conduct synonym- fraud; double dealing

16. I must extol the man’s bravery and courage.

17. extol-verb to praise highly synonym-glorify; applause

18. At least give a feasible answer to my question!

19. feasible-adjective possible; able to be done synonym-workable; practicable

20. The hurt soccer player grimaced but continued to play.

21. grimace-verb to make a facial distortion synonym-to make a pained expression

22. Some people worry that a nuclear holocaust might destroy our civilization.

23. holocaust- noun large scale destruction, especially by fire synonym-devastation

24. A good roof should be impervious to rain.

25. impervious-adjective not affected or hurt by synonym-impenetrable

26. Three years ago, there was a strong impetus to change the Keefe mascot from the Unicorn to the Bronco.

27. impetus-noun a moving force; stimulus synonym-impulse, incentive

28. Driving a car with poor brakes can put your life in jeopardy.

29. jeopardy-noun danger synonym=risk

30. A truly clean house requires a meticulous caretaker.

31. meticulous-adjective extremely careful; particular about details synonym-fussy

32. My Nonny always had a sense of nostalgia for her old wedding song.
Not my grandparents, but very cute. 

33. nostalgia-noun a longing for something past synonym-homesickness

34. Quintessential (adj)
Arroz con gandules is a quintessential Puerto Rican dish.

35. quintessential-adjective most typical synonym- classic, ideal

36. Don’t retrogress into your poor study habits again!

37. retrogress-verb to move back to an earlier condition synonym-revert

38. After scrutinizing the play, the umpires called it a home run.

39. scrutinize-verb to examine closely synonym-inspect

40. The coffee I ordered was only tepid when it arrived, so I asked the server to warm it up.

41. tepid-adjective lukewarm; not showing a lot of interest synonym-half-hearted; wishy washy