skillful, clever, dexterous adroit

neighborly, friendly amicable

opposed, disinclined, unwilling averse

combative, pugnacious, warlike belligerent

well-meaning, benign, kindly benevolent

quick, hasty, superficial cursory

deceitfulness, fraud duplicity

praise, glorify, acclaim extol

possible, practicable, viable feasible

pained expression grimace

annihilation, devastation holocaust

resistant, impenetrable impervious

impulse, incentive impetus

risk, danger, peril jeopardy

fussy, extremely careful, painstaking meticulous

longing for the past nostalgia

purest example; paragon, exemplar quintessence

inspect, examine scrutinize

lukewarm, wishy-washy, insipid tepid

decline, revert, degenerate retrogress