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Adroit
- (adj.) skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
- SYN: clever, deft, dexterous, slick
- ANT: clumsy, inept, all thumbs
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Amicable
- (adj.) peaceable, friendly
- SYN: congenial, neighborly, cordial
- ANT: hostile, antagonistic
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Averse
- (adj.) having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
- SYN: disinclined, loath
- ANT: favorably disposed, eager, keen
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Belligerent
- (adj.) given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; (noun) one at war, one engaged in war
- SYN: (adj.) assertive, truculent, pugnacious
- ANT: (adj.) peaceful, conciliatory, placid
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Benevolent
- (adj.) kindly, charitable
- SYN: benign, well-meaning
- ANT: malicious, spiteful, malevolent
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Cursory
- (adj.) hasty, not thorough
- SYN: quick, superficial, perfunctory
- ANT: thorough, painstaking, careful
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Duplicity
- (noun) treachery, deceitfulness
- SYN: fraud, double-dealing, chicanery
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Extol
- (verb) to praise extravagantly
- SYN: glorify, applaud, acclaim, hail
- ANT: criticize, belittle, disparage
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Feasible
- (adj.) possible, able to be done
- SYN: workable, practicable, viable
- ANT: unworkable, impractical
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Grimace
- (noun) a wry face, facial distortion; (verb) to make a wry face
- SYN: (noun) pained expression, facial contortion
- ANT: (noun) smile, grin; (verb) beam
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Holocaust
- (noun) a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering
- SYN: conflagration, devastation, annihilation
- ANT: deluge, inundation
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Impervious
- (adj.) not affected or hurt by; admitting of no passage or entrance
- SYN: impenetrable, resistant, proof against
- ANT: porous, permeable, vulnerable
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Impetus
- (noun) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
- SYN: impulse, incentive, spur
- ANT: curb, hindrance, impediment, constraint
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Jeopardy
- (noun) danger
- SYN: risk, hazard, peril
- ANT: safety, security
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Meticulous
- (adj.) extremely careful; particular about details
- SYN: fastidious, painstaking, fussy
- ANT: careless, negligent, sloppy
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Nostalgia
(noun) a longing for something past; homesickness
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Quintessence
- (noun) the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
- SYN: paragon, exemplar
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Retrogress
- (verb) to move backward; to return to an earlier condition
- SYN: revert, degenerate, decline
- ANT: advance, evolve, progress
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Scrutinize
- (verb) to examine closely
- SYN: inspect, pore over
- ANT: skim, scan, glance at
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Tepid
- (adj.) lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
- SYN: insipid, halfhearted, wishy-washy
- ANT: heated, excited, enthusiastic
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