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VOCABULARY UNIT 2Theme: Up
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It is difficult to pilot a blimp, so the pilot must be particularly adroit.
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Adroit
Skillful, expert in the use of the hands or mind
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You might expect “Kevin” to be rather wild and unfriendly, but Russell found him quite amicable.
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Amicable
Peaceable, friendly
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Muntz, the villian of Up, has a trio of dogs that are very belligerent.
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Belligerent
Given to fighting, warlike combative, aggressive
one at war, one engaged in war
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When Russell first meets Mr. Frederickson, the old man seems rather grumpy and unkind. It is only later that we see just how benevolent he truly is.
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Benevolent
Kindly, charitable
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In his cursory attempt to earn a merit badge, Russell accidentally stows away on Carl’s “airship.”
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Cursory
Hasty, not thorough
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Muntz relies on duplicity to trap and kill Kevin, but the bird is too smart for him.
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Duplicity
Treachery, deceitfulness
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Still in love with his wife, Carl extols her many qualities whenever Ellie is mentioned.
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Extol
To praise extravagantly
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Before leaving for Paradise Falls, Muntz insisted that it was feasible to capture another specimen of rare bird like the skeleton he had found.
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Feasible
Possible, able to be done
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Carl can only grimace at the thought of moving into a retirement home and allowing his house to be demolished.
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Grimace
A wry face Facial distortion
To make a wry face
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Some sort of holocaust must have destroyed the rest of Kevin’s species of bird.
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Holocaust
A large-scale destruction, especially by fire
A vast slaughter A burnt offering
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Once Doug sees a squirrel (“Squirrel!”) he is impervious to any commands, suggestions, or other distractions.
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Impervious
Not affected or hurt by Admitting no passage or entrance
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Carl’s accidental injury of a construction worker is the impetus the company needs to remove him from his house.
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Impetus
A moving force, impulse, stimulus
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When Carl and Russell first meet Muntz, they do not suspect that they are in any jeopardy.
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Jeopardy
Danger
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After Carl is evicted by the judge, he meticulously constructs an “airship” from his own house.
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Meticulous
Extremely careful Particular about the details
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Once his wife dies, it is difficult for Carl not feel nostalgia for their younger years together.
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Nostalgia
A longing for something past homesickness
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In earning his final merit badge, Russell is seeking to become the quintessence of a Wilderness Explorer.
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Quintessence
The purest form of something The most typical example
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After Muntz captures Kevin, Carl retrogresses to his previously solitary existence, retreating into his house to look through his scrapbooks.
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Retrogress
To move backward To return to an earlier condition
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After scrutinizing the skeleton with which Muntz returned, experts proclaimed it a fake.
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Scrutinize
To examine closely
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Carl’s reaction to Russell as a traveling companion was, at best, tepid.
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Tepid
Lukewarm Unenthusiastic
Marked by an absence of interest