Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
adroit
|
skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
|
|
|
amicable
|
peaceable, friendly
|
|
|
averse
|
having a deep-seated distaste; opposed, unwilling
|
|
|
belligerent
|
given to fighting, warlike; combative, aggressive; one at war; one engaged in war
|
|
|
benevolent
|
kindly; charitable
|
|
|
cursory
|
hasty; not thorough
|
|
|
holocaust
|
a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering.
|
|
|
impervious
|
not affected or hur by; admitting of no passage or entrance
|
|
|
tepid
|
liukewarm; unethusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
|
|
|
quintessence
|
the purest essence or form of something; the most typical example
|
|
|
ethos
|
The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement
|
|
|
pathos
|
A quality, as of an experience of a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
|
|
|
scrutinize
|
to eamine closely
|
|
|
retrogress
|
to move bacward; to return to an earlier condition.
|
|
|
jeopardy
|
danger
|
