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adroit
adj. Having skill in the use of the bodily or mental powers.
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amicable
(adj.): peaceable, friendly
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averse
(adj.): having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
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belligerent
(adj.): given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (n): one at war, one engaged in war
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benevolent
(adj.): kindly, charitable
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cursory
(adj.): hasty, not thorough
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duplicity
(n): treachery, deceitfulness
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extol
(v): to praise extravagantly
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feasible
(adj.): possible, able to be done
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grimace
(n): a wry face, facial distortion; (v): to make a wry face
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holocaust
(n): a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
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impervious
(adj.): not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
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impetus
(n): a moving force, impulse, stimulus
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meticulous
(adj) - extremely careful about small details. syn: careful, wary. ant: careless, sloppy.
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nostalgia
(n): a longing for something past; homesickness
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quintessence
(n): the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
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retrogress
(v): to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
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scrutinize
(v): to examine closely
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tepid
(adj): lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence or interest
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