Vocabulary List #5

Adroit: expert or nble in use of hands or body
Amicable: charaterized by goodwill.
Averse: strong feeling of opposition.
Belligerent: warlike.
Benevolent: kindly feelings
Cursory: rapidly over something
Duplicity: deceitfulness in speech or conduct
Extol: to praise highly
Feasible: capable of being done
Grimace: facial expressions
Holocaust: complete devistation or destruction
Impervious: not permitting penetration
Impetus: a moving force
Jeopardy: hazard or risk to exposure to loss
Meticulous: showing extreme care about minute details
Nostalgia: wistfull desire to return in thought
Quintessence: pure concentrated essence
Retrogress: go backward to earlier/worse conditions
Scrutinize: examine in detail
Tepid: moderately warm