Vocab unit 8

Animosity

Animosity

Strong hostility.

Animate

Bring to life.

Magnanimous

Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person.

Equanimity

Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

Pusillanimous

Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid.

Apathy

Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Sympathy

Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.

Pathos

A quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Antipathy

A deep-seated feeling of aversion.

Pathology

Pathology, pathological, and similar words are also related to this root. Pathology, for example, is the study of unpleasant feelings in the body.

Condolence

An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.

Dolorous

Feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

Indolent

Wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.

Doleful

Expressing sorrow; mournful.

Condole

Express sympathy for (someone); grieve with.

Consecrate

Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose.

Sacred

Connected with God or dedicated to a religious purpose and so deserving veneration.

Sacrifice

An act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure.

Sacrament

A religious ceremony or act of the Christian Church that is regarded as an outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual divine grace.

Sacrilege

Violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.

Ingenuous

(Of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting.

Disingenuous

Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

Ingenue

An innocent or unsophisticated young woman.

Ingenuity

The quality of being clever, original, and inventive.

Genuine

Truly what something is said to be; authentic.

Obsolete

No longer produced or used; out of date.

Solitude

The state or situation of being alone.

Solo

A thing done by one person unaccompanied, in particular.

Desolate

(Of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

Solitary

Done or existing alone.

Obviate

Remove (a need or difficulty).

Oblivious

Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.

Viaduct

A long bridge-like structure, typically a series of arches, carrying a road or railroad across a valley or other low ground.

Viable

Capable of working successfully; feasible.

Deviate

Depart from an established course.