Vocabulary Unit 2 Read the sentence and record your definition to the word.

To juggle bowling balls, one must be adroit.

Friends should be amicable when settling disputes.

The man is averse to eating caviar.

The captain of the US Marine Corps has a belligerent attitude.

The kind man gave a benevolent gift of money to the homeless person.

Cursory The boy was doing a cursory study of his history book for the test tomorrow.

The criminal, full of duplicity, was armed and ready to rob the bank.

I must extol the man who saved the boy from the shark attack.

Give a feasible answer to the question for full credit.

The grimace showed all the pain that followed the tragedy.

Holocaust The great Chicago holocaust was said to be started by Mrs. O’Leary’s cow.

A roof on a house should be impervious to the outside weather.

Impetus The impetus behind the new rule was when a student decided to eat spaghetti and meatballs in class.

Jeopardy When people make the decision to play in traffic, they put their lives in jeopardy.

A clean house requires a meticulous caretaker.

The song gave the audience the feeling of nostalgia.

The quintessence of gasoline is crude oil.

Retrogress After curing his disease, he had retrogressed to a state worse than he had started.

Scrutinize this paper and tell me if this is your handwriting.

The coffee I ordered was already tepid when I started to take a sip.