Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E unit 2

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1. Adroit (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or 12. Impervious (adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no
mind passage or entrance

SYNONYMS: clever, deft, dextrous, slick SYNONYMS: impenetrable, resistant, proof

ANTONYMS: clumsy, inept, all thumbs against
ANTONYMS: porous, permeable, vulnerable
2. Amicable (adj.) peaceable, friendly
13. Impetus (n.) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
SYNONYMS: congenial, neighborly, cordial
ANTONYMS: hostile, antagonistic SYNONYMS: impulse, incentive, spur
ANTONYMS: curb, hindrance, impediment,
3. Averse (adj.) having deep-seated distaste; opposed,
constraint
unwilling
14. Jeopardy (n.) danger
SYNONYMS: disinclined, loathe
ANTONYMS: favorably disposed, eager, keen SYNONYMS: risk, hazard, peril
ANTONYMS: safety, security
4. Belligerent (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative,
aggressive; (n.) one at war, one engaged in war 15. Meticulous (adj.) extremely careful; particular about
details
5. Benevolent (adj.) kindly, charitable

SYNONYMS: fastidious, painstaking, fussy

SYNONYMS: benign, well-meaning
ANTONYMS: careless, negligent, sloppy
ANTONYMS: malicious, spiteful, malevolent
16. Nostalgia (n.) a longing for something past;
6. Cursory (adj.) hasty, not thorough
homesickness
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SYNONYMS: quick, superficial, perfunctory
ANTONYMS: thorough, painstaking, careful 17. Quintessence (n.) the purest essence or form of something;
the most typical example
7. Duplicity (n.) treachery, deceitfulness

SYNONYMS: paragon, exemplar

SYNONYMS: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery
18. Retrogress (v.) to move backward; to return to an earlier
8. Extol (v.) to praise extravagantly
condition
SYNONYMS: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
SYNONYMS: revert, degenerate, decline
ANTONYMS: criticize, belittle, disparage
ANTONYMS: advance, evolve, progress
9. Feasible (adj.) possible, able to be done
19. Scrutinize (v.) to examine closely
SYNONYMS: workable, practicable, viable
SYNONYMS: inspect, pore over
ANTONYMS: unworkable, impractical
ANTONYMS: skim, scan, glance at
10. Grimace (n.) a wry face, facial distortion; (v.) to make a
20. Tepid (adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an
wry face
absence of interest
SYNONYMS: (n.) pained expression, facial
SYNONYMS: insipid, half-hearted, wishy-
contortion
washy
ANTONYMS: (n.) smile, grin; (v.) beam
ANTONYMS: heated, excited, enthusiastic
11. Holocaust (n.) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire;
a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

SYNONYMS: conflagration, devastation,

annihilation
ANTONYMS: deluge, inundation