Vocabulary: Fall List #4

adroit - clever or skillful in using the hands or mind
The magician was adroit in making objects dissapear,
amicable -people having a spirit of friendliness and avoid disagreement
The two wrestlers had an amicable press conference
averse -strong dislike or against something
He is averse to Donald Trump
belligerent -aggressive and unfriendly
Feeding pit-bulls red meat can lead them in becoming belligerent
benevolent - well meaning and kind
As i waled in class, I gave a benevolent smile to my teacher
cursory - done something quickly with little attention to detail.
After doing a cursory attendance the substitute notice that there were more than 30 students in the class.
duplicity - deceitfulness; fraud; lie
He was convicted of duplicity
extol -praise enthusiastically
Those who have a belief extol to that figure 
feasible -possible to do easily or conveniently
Is it feasible to buy $1,000 shoes
grimace -having an ugly expression
People tend to have a grimace when crying
holocaust -destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
The holocaust brought great sadnessimpervious -not allowing fluid to pass through
the knob on the sink is an impervious 
impetus -force or energy which the body moves
weight lifting includes a lot of impetus.
jeopardy -danger of harm, loss or failure
she is in great jeopardy
meticulous -showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
Drawing includes meticulousnostalgia -a sentimental longing
she was in great nostalgiaquintessence the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
the rich are quintessenceretrogress -go back to an earlier state, typically a worse one.
he retrogressed to his difficult timesscrutinize -examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
the doctor secrutinized my eyes tepid only slightly warm; lukewarm
when i shower i like the water to be tepid