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nostalgia A longing for something past; homesickness As she watched her children open their presents from Santa, a feeling of nostalgia swept over her as she remembered her childhood Christmases.TRANSCRIPT
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Vocabulary #2
Yes, that’s right!You should already have 20
words for vocabulary and here are 20 more.
You’re welcome!
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cursory
Hasty, not thorough
My cursory glance through my papers didn’t let me find my homework at first.
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nostalgia
A longing for something past; homesickness
As she watched her children open their presents from Santa, a feeling of nostalgia swept over her as she remembered her childhood Christmases.
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holocaust
A large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter
When Dad added the lighter fluid, what had been a campfire became a holocaust.
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amicable
Peaceable, friendly
My amicable friends always get me through hard times with their silliness.
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impervious
Not affected or hurt by something;
admitting no passage or entrance
He covered his classic car with a tarp that was impervious to anything that could drip on it.
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averse
Having a deep-seated distaste;
opposed, unwilling
Many people are averse to certain odors.
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quintessence The purest essence
or form of something;
the most typical example
The girl’s soul was the quintessence of purity.
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extol
To praise extravagantly
When Mr. Nolan says “Good morning” on the announcements, he never fails to extol us as the “greatest student body and faculty in the state of Tennessee.”
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impetus
A moving force, impulse, stimulus
The tank is an impetus as it forces its way through the countryside.
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retrogress To move
backward; to return to an
earlier condition
At their 50th wedding anniversary, the couple couldn’t help but retrogress back to their early days of marriage.
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belligerent Given to
fighting; warlike
The Aztec Indians were belligerent to the Spanish conquistadors and treated them horribly.
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feasible
Possible; able to be done
Giving the cat a bath is not very feasible.
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tepid
Lukewarm; unenthusiastic; marked by an
absence of interest
The man had a tepid attitude about whether he wanted to start work or not.
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meticulousExtremely careful;
careful about details
Experienced knitters are meticulous about every stitch they make.
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adroit
Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
The painter was adroit in his trade and had a gallery of fine artwork to prove it.
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duplicity
Deceitfulness; dishonesty
When the auditors checked the books, they found the bookkeeper’s duplicity had cost the church millions of dollars.
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grimace A wry face, facial
distortion; to make a wry face
As soon as I saw the skunk, I began to grimace as though he had actually sprayed me.
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jeopardy Danger; peril
We didn’t realize the jeopardy we put ourselves in by driving without seat belts.
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scrutinize
To examine closely
I don’t like others to scrutinize my behavior when they have vices of their own.
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benevolentKindly,
charitable
The benevolent hospital volunteers spent countless hours making pink quilts for breast cancer patients.