Vocabulary Workshop: Level E: Unit 8 Synonyms

animosity

enmity, rancor, antipathy

apathy

indifference, disinterest, detachment

apprehensive

worried, nervous, fretful, jittery

commend

applaud, entrust

compatible

harmonious, in agreement, like-minded

condolence

commiseration, solace, sympathy

consecrate

devote, dedicate, sanctify

decrepit

infirm, broken-down, rickety, dilapidated

deride

mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at

ingenuous

naive, artless, guileless, candid

multifarious

varied, manifold, heterogenous

obsolete

outmoded, antiquated, passe, old hat

omnivorous

all-devouring, voracious

parsimonious

frugal, niggardly, penny-pinching, cheap

quandary

confusion, dilemma, predicament

recalcitrant

unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery

reprisal

retaliation, revenge, redistribution

stultify

smother, stifle, neutralize, negate

suave

sophisticated, urbane,polished

revel

to relish, savor, back in, carouse