adroit
skillfull, expert, adept, clever
amicable
friendly, peaceful, congenial
averse
opposed, unwilling, disinclined
belligerent
aggressive, combative, warlike
benevolent
kindly, charitable, well-meaning, benign
cursory
hasty, too quick, not careful, not thorough
duplicity
dishonesty, fraud, deviousness, double dealing
extol
glorify, acclaim, hail, applaud
feasible
possible, practical, workable
grimace
a pained facial expression
holocaust
large scale destruction (fire, murder etc.), annihilation,
impervious
not affected, not hurt, impenetrable, impermeable
impetus
start, incentive, stimulus, something to make you move
jeopardy
danger, risk, hazzard, peril
meticulous
very careful, very clean, very orderly
nostalgia
remembrance, homesickness
quintessence
purest, best, exemplar
retrogress
move back, revert, decline
scrutinize
closely examine
tepid
lukewarm, not excited