English SAT vocab Unit 2
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- adroit
- skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind S: clever, deft, dexterous, slick A: clumsy, inept, all thumbs
- amicable
- friendly, peaceable S: congenial, neighborly, cordial A: hostile, antagonistic
- averse
- having a deep- seated distaste; opposed, unwilling S: disinclined, loath A: favorably disposed, eager, keen
- belligerent
- given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive one at war, one engaged in war S: assertive, truculent, pugnacious A: peaceful, conciliatory, placid
- benevolent
- kindly, charitable S: benign, well-meaning A: malicious, spiteful, malevolent
- cursory
- hasty, not thorough S: quick, superficial, perfunctory A: thorough, painstaking, careful
- duplicity
- treachery, deceitfulness S: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery
- extol
- to praise extravagantly S: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail A: criticize, belittle, disparage
- feasible
- possible, able to be done S: workable, practicable, viable A: unworkable, impractical
- grimace
- a wry face, distortion; to make a wry face S: pained expression, facial contortion A: smile, grin, beam
- holocaust
- a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering S: conflagration, devastation, annihilation A: deluge, inundation
- impervious
- not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance S: impenetrable, resistant, proof against A: porous, permeable, vulnerable
- impetus
- a moving force, impulse, stimulus S: impulse, incentive, spur A: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint
- jeopardy
- danger S: risk, hazard, peril A: safety, security
- meticulous
- extremely careful; particular about details S: fastidious, painstaking, fussy A: careless, negligent, sloppy
- nostalgia
- a longing for something past; homesickness
- quintessence
- the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example S: paragon, exemplar
- retrogress
- to move backward; to return to an earlier condition S: revert, degenerate, decline A: advance, evolve, progress
- scrutinize
- to examine closely S; inspect, pore over A: skim, scan, glance at
- tepid
- lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest S: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy A: heated, excited, enthusiastic