1. Vocabulary Unit 2
Theme: Up

2. It is difficult to pilot a blimp, so the pilot must be particularly adroit.

3. Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
Adroit
Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind

4. You might expect “Kevin” to be rather wild and unfriendly, but Russell found him quite amicable.

5. Amicable
Peaceable, friendly

6. Carl is completely averse to the idea of moving his precious home.

7. Averse
Having a deep seated distaste
Unwilling

8. Muntz, the villian of Up, has a trio of dogs that are very belligerent.

9. Belligerent Given to fighting, warlike combative, aggressive
one at war, one engaged in war

10. When Russell first meets Mr
When Russell first meets Mr. Frederickson, the old man seems rather grumpy and unkind. It is only later that we see just how benevolent he truly is.

11. Benevolent
Kindly, charitable

12. In his cursory attempt to earn a merit badge, Russell accidentally stows away on Carl’s “airship.”

13. Cursory
Hasty, not thorough

14. Muntz relies on duplicity to trap and kill Kevin, but the bird is too smart for him.

15. Treachery, deceitfulness
Duplicity
Treachery, deceitfulness

16. Still in love with his wife, Carl extols her many qualities whenever Ellie is mentioned.

17. To praise extravagantly
Extol
To praise extravagantly

18. Before leaving for Paradise Falls, Muntz insisted that it was feasible to capture another specimen of rare bird like the skeleton he had found.

19. Possible, able to be done
Feasible
Possible, able to be done

20. Carl can only grimace at the thought of moving into a retirement home and allowing his house to be demolished.

21. Grimace
A wry face
Facial distortion
To make a wry face

22. Some sort of holocaust must have destroyed the rest of Kevin’s species of bird.

23. A large-scale destruction, especially by fire
Holocaust
A large-scale destruction, especially by fire
A vast slaughter
A burnt offering

24. Once Doug sees a squirrel (“Squirrel
Once Doug sees a squirrel (“Squirrel!”) he is impervious to any commands, suggestions, or other distractions.

25. Admitting no passage or entrance
Impervious
Not affected or hurt by
Admitting no passage or entrance

26. Carl’s accidental injury of a construction worker is the impetus the company needs to remove him from his house.

27. A moving force, impulse, stimulus
Impetus
A moving force, impulse, stimulus

28. When Carl and Russell first meet Muntz, they do not suspect that they are in any jeopardy.

29. Jeopardy
Danger

30. After Carl is evicted by the judge, he meticulously constructs an “airship” from his own house.

31. Particular about the details
Meticulous
Extremely careful
Particular about the details

32. Once his wife dies, it is difficult for Carl not feel nostalgia for their younger years together.

33. A longing for something past
Nostalgia
A longing for something past
homesickness

34. In earning his final merit badge, Russell is seeking to become the quintessence of a Wilderness Explorer.

35. Quintessence
The purest form of something
The most typical example

36. After Muntz captures Kevin, Carl retrogresses to his previously solitary existence, retreating into his house to look through his scrapbooks.

37. To return to an earlier condition
Retrogress
To move backward
To return to an earlier condition

38. After scrutinizing the skeleton with which Muntz returned, experts proclaimed it a fake.

39. Scrutinize
To examine closely

40. Carl’s reaction to Russell as a traveling companion was, at best, tepid.

41. Marked by an absence of interest
Tepid
Lukewarm
Unenthusiastic
Marked by an absence of interest