VOCABULARY #5

1) adroit (adjective) - quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Example: The performer was so adroit that he was able to juggle four chainsaws simultaneously without injuring himself.

2) amicable (adjective) - characterized by friendship and good will
Example: It is important for people to treat each other amicably in order to maintain a healthy society.

3) averse (adjective) - strongly opposed
Example: Far too many people are averse to doing what is right instead of what is easy.

4) belligerent (adjective) - characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
Example: Some people become belligerent after consuming large quantities of alcohol.

5) benevolent (adjective) - showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity
Example: Some benevolent individuals are willing to donate money from their own pocket to causes that they feel are worthwhile.

6) cursory (adjective) - hasty and without attention to detail
Example: Giving a source of information nothing more than a cursory glance makes it easy to overlook some details.

7) duplicity (noun) - deceitful/fraudulent, as by speaking or acting differently to different people regarding the same matter
Example: The salesman displayed duplicity when he convinced his customer that the lower quality product was the "real thing".

8) extol (verb) - to praise, glorify, or honor
Example: Many people extol "celebrities" profusely, even though most "famous people" have contributed nothing of any real substance to this world.

9) feasible (adjective) - capable of being done under ordinary circumstances and by ordinary means
Example: Timely interstellar travel is simply not a feasible endeavor for human kind at this point.

10) grimace (noun) - a contorted facial expression indicating something unpleasant
Example: The detective's face displayed a grimace when he arrived at a grizzly crime scene.

11) holocaust (noun) - an act of mass destruction and loss of life
Example: The atrocities committed by hitler (I purposely didn't capitalize his name out of disrespect) during WWII are perhaps the most well-known example of a holocaust.

12) impervious (adjective) - incapable of being affected
Example: Sadly, the general public seems to be impervious to logic/reason.

13) impetus (noun) - a force or stimulus that moves something along
Example: Fear of public judgement serves as an impetus against people acting out of their own will.

14) jeopardy (noun) - peril or danger
Example: By forgetting to enable the alarm before returning home for the night, the store owner put his entire stock in jeopardy.

15) meticulous (adjective) - marked by extreme care for minute details
Example: The meticulous craftsman refused to settle for anything less than perfection.

16) nostalgia (noun) - longing for something past
Example: A great sense of nostalgia came over the man whilst reflecting upon his childhood.

17) quintessence (noun) - the purest and most concentrated essence of something; representing the perfect quality or class of something
Example: Conformity is the quintessence of cowardice.

18) retrogress (verb) - to fall back into a (usually worse) previous condition
Example: Just as the sick man's condition seemed to be improving, he retrogressed and is now worse than ever before.

19) scrutinize (verb) - to examine critically with minute detail
Example: Although the judges scrutinized the product with the utmost intent, they found no apparent flaws.

20) tepid (adjective) - feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm
Example: The tepid reviews of the product were concurrent with the lack of public interest.