Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 8

animosity

(noun) strong dislike; bitter hostility

apathy

(noun) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

apprehensive

(adjective) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

commend

(verb) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

compatible

(adjective)able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

condolence

(noun) an expression of sympathy

consecrate

(verb) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

decrepit

(adjective) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

deride

(verb) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

ingenuous

(adjective) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

multifarious

(adjective) having great variety; numerous and diverse

obsolete

(adjective) out-of-date, no longer in use

omnivorous

(adjective) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

parsimonious

(adjective) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

quandary

(noun) a state of perplexity or doubt

recalcitrant

(adjective) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

reprisal

(noun) an injury done in return for injury

revel

(verb) to take great pleasure in

(noun) a wild celebration

stultify

(verb) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

suave

(adjective) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses