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BHS Vocabulary Unit 2
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English
10th Grade
11/07/2011

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Term
adroit
Definition
adj. extremly talented

Actors are really adroit at there job.
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amicable
Definition
adj. friendly

The stray dog was very amicable.
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averse
Definition
against, oposted to

Some people were averse of the next president.
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belligerent
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adj. aggresive, aurgumentive

Most people that play COD get very belligerent.
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benevolent
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adj. generous

Frank is a benevolent person.
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curosry
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adj. quick, brief, superfichal

The guards cursory looked through our bags.
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duplicity
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noun. sneakyness

Some people are very duplicity when robbing stores.
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extol
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verb. to praise highly

Chruchs like to extol God.
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feasible
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adj. likly, probable

There is a feasible chance that it will rain this week.
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grimace
Definition
noun-dirty look, contorshion
verb- to contact your face

n. Mad people give make a grimace at people.
v. The person grimaced at the teacher.
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Holocaust
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Noun. great devastation or destruction mass slaughter.

Holocausts in the past were very bad.
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impervious
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adj. incapable of being affected

The fortress was impervious to attack.
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impetus
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Noun. a moving force, stimulus

The truck was impetus and unstopable
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jeopardy
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noun. risk or danger

Tyler was in jeopardy of failing the test.
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meticulous
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adj. precise, through; paying close attention to detail.

The guards were very meticulous about what we were wearing.
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nostalgia
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noun. desire to return to a former time/place; a sentimental vearning

Most people want to go to a nostlagia in life.
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quintessence
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noun. most perfect embodiment of something
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retrograss
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verb. to go backward, usually to a worse condition

Most people dont want to retrogress.
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scrutinize
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verb. to examine in detail

I will scrutinixe everyone who comes in my room.
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tepid
Definition
adj. lukewarm

I was mad that the dtream of tepid water flowed into the tub.
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