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WKLY vocab words
Week of 10/3
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10/04/2022

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ADROIT
Definition

skillful

expert in the use of the hands or mind

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AMICABLE
Definition
peaceful, friendly
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AVERSE
Definition
Having a deep-seated distaste, opposed, unwilling
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Belligerent
Definition
Given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive, one engaged in war
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BENEVOLENT
Definition
kingly, charitable
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CURSORY
Definition
Hasty, not thorough
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DUPLICITY
Definition
treachery, deceitfulness
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EXTOL
Definition
To praise extravangtly
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FEASIBLE
Definition
Possible, able to be done
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GRIMACE
Definition

A wry face, facial distortion

(v) to make a wry face

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HOLOCAUST
Definition
A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter, a burnt offering
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IMPERVIOUS
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Not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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IMPETUS
Definition
A moving force, impulse, stimulus
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JEOPARDY
Definition
Danger
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METICULOUS
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Extremely careful; particular about details
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NOSTALGIA
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A longing for something that past; homesickness
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QUINTESSENCE
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The purest essence or form of something; the most perfect example
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RETROGRESS
Definition
To move backward; to return to an earlier condition.
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SCRUTINIZE
Definition
To examine closely
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TEPID
Definition
Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
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