Vocabulary #4

Adroit: Skillful and adept under pressing conditions
"An adroit chef works in five stars restaurants."

Amicable: characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly
"An amicable person can gained someone's trust easily."

 Averse: Having a feeling of opposition, distaste, or aversion; strongly disinclined
"Being friends with your friend's enemies can create an aversion in your relationships."

Belligerent: hostile or aggressive
"Mama bears will become belligerent when they see humans near their cubs."

Benevolent: characterized by or suggestive of doing good
"The man gave a benevolent smile to a scared kid."

Cursory: performed with haste and scant attention to detail
"When time is running out people tend to become cursory."

Duplicity: deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech
"Then man in a hood had a sense of duplicity."

Extol: to praise highly; exalt
"Parents extol their kids frequently."

Feasible: capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible
"Memorizing people's names is a feasible job."

Grimace: a sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust
 "Right when she saw her ex, she had a grimace look."

Holocaust: great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire
"The Holocaust was an attempt to kill off all the Jewish."

Impervious: incapable of being affected
"Everyone else cried in the movie theater but the impervious man."

Impetus: an impelling force; an impulse
"There was an impetus after realizing he was late."

Jeopardy: danger of loss, harm, or failure.
"People put their lives in jeopardy for the sake of entertainment."

Meticulous: extremely careful or precise
"The young man drove meticulous, knowing that he is still an amateur."

Nostalgia: a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past
"Seeing old friends gives nostalgic memories."

Quintessence: the pure highly concentrated essence of a thing
"Babies are the quintessence of purity; if only we could preserve that sweetness for a lifetime."

Retrogress: to return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition
"Sometimes I wish I could retrogress back to junior high."

Scrutinize: to examine or observe with great care; inspect critically
"Do not sign your name on any document you have not had time to scrutinize!"

Tepid: moderately warm' lukewarm
"I like my coffee tepidly."