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(adj.) extremely talented
The guy is adroit because, he can juggle bowling balls while riding a unicycle. |
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(adj.) friendly
The stray cat looked amicable until it attacked me. |
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(adj.) opposed to
If you are averse to authority, you might have a hard time in the military. |
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(adj.) aggressive
The man was very belligerent because he had anger problems. |
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(adj.) generous
The short old man was very benevolent |
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(adj.) breif quick
I made a cursory observation as i passed byt the car accident. |
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(noun) sneakiness
The con man got away because of his duplicity. |
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(verb) to praise highly
The ancient Greeks extoled their gods. |
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(adj.) likely, probable
The bank robber doesnt have a feasible chance of getting away because the cops had surrounded the bank. |
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(noun and verb) a facial contoursion/ to contort your face
The little boy made a grimace when he had vegetables. |
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(noun) great devastation, destruction, or mass slaughter.
The holocaust during WWII is infamous throughout the world. |
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(adj.) unaffected
The cable repair man wore a raincoat that was impervious to the rain. |
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(noun) a moving force, motivation
My cousin gave me a good impetus for getting good grades in school and it was money. |
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(noun) a risk or danger
The hostages of the bank robbery believed that their lives were in jeopardy. |
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(adj) precise, thorough, paying close attention to detail
The student was meticulous when looking over his essay. |
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(noun) homesickness
The soldier sent overseas got nostalgia of his home town when he heard about it on the radio. |
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(noun) most perfect example of something
The teacher picked the quintessence project out of all the class' to use as a future example. |
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(verb) to go backward, usually to a worse condition
The recovering drug addict retrogressed when he started using them again. |
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(verb) to examine in detail
The teacher scruntinized my essay to try and find something wrong with it. |
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(adj) room temperature, lukewarm
My mom said she made me hot chocolate but when i went to drink it, it was tepid. |
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