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Unit 2 vocabulary !
Unit 2 vocabulary
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English
9th Grade
10/25/2011

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Adroit
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:(ADJ) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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Amicable
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: (ADJ) peacable, friendly
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Averse
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: (ADJ) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed; unwilling
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Belligerent
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: (ADJ) given to fighting, warlike' combatie, aggressive
(N) one at war, one engaged in war
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Benevolent
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: (ADJ) kindly, charitable
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Cursory
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: (ADJ) hasty, not thorough
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Duplicity
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: (N) treachery, deceitfulness
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Extol
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: (V) yo prasie extravagantly
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Feasible
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: (ADJ) possible, able to done
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Grimace
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: (N) a wry face, facial distortion;
(V) to make a wry
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Holocaust
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: (N) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire, a vast slaughter, a burnt offering
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Impervious
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: (ADJ) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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Impetus
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: (N) a moving force, stimulus
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Jeopardy
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: (N) danger
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Meticulous
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: (ADJ) extremly careful, particular about details
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Nostalgia
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: (N) a longing for something past, homesickness
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Quintessence
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: (N) the purest essence of form of something; the most typical example
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Retrogress
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: (V) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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Scrutinize
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: (V) to examine closely
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Tepid
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: (ADJ) lukewarm, unenthusiastic, marked by an absense of interest
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