vocabulary 6

1)adroit-expert or nimble in the use of hands or body.
The doctor is adroit for surgery.
2)amieable-friendly
The daycare advisor seems amieable.
3)averse-having strong feeling or disliking.
The dog is averse to animal control.
4)belligerent-aggresivley hostile
Te man was being belligerent becuase the waiter didnt get his order right.
5)benevolent-kind
Horses are very benevolent when you give them carrots.
6)cursory-careless
The way jackie handled being pregnant was cursory.
7)duplicity-dishonest
The little boy had a duplicity attitude because he knew that he was goinig to get in trouble.
8)extol-praise
The christans extol the lord.
9)feasible-easy
I hope that the test in my next class will be feasible.
10)gimace-expression of pain or disgust
The trash smelt so nasty so I had a grimace look on my face.
11)holocaust-slaughter on mass scale
The holocaust was way worse than 9/11.
12)impervious-not allowing fluid to pass through
The human skin is impervious to water.
13)impetus-energy in which the body moves
The runner uses a lot of impetus when he goes on mid night runs.
14)jepardy-danger of failure
I am in jepadry because my mom found out I have an F+
15)metculous-very careful, neat
I was very meticulous when i was skating on the ice.
16)nostalgia-fond memories
Christmas is nostalgia to me.
17)quintessence-perfect example
The teacher is giving us a quintessence on our homework.
18)retrogress- to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition
Hopefully in this recession we wont retrogress into something bad
19)scrutinize- to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
The detectives had to scrutinize the murder scene.
20)tepid-moderatly warm, luke warm
The pool is very tepid so we can actuall yswim in it this time.