Vocab Lesson 8

animosity

(n) strong dislike; bitter hostility

apathy

(n) a lack of felling, emotion, or interest

apprehensive

(adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

commend

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

compatible

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

condolence

(n) an expression of sympathy

consecrate

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

decrepit

(adj) old and feeble; worn out, ruined

deride

(v) to ridicule, to laugh at with contempt

ingenuous

(adj) innocent, simple ; frank, sincere

multifarious

(adj) having great variety ; numerous and diverse

obsolete

(adj) out of date, no longer in use

omnivorous

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

parsimonious

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

quandary

(n) a state of perplexity or doubt

recalcitrant

(adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

reprisal

(n) an injury done for injury

revel

(v) to take pleasure in ; a wild celebration

stultify

(v) to make ineffective, cripple ; to have a dulling effect on

suave

(adj) smoothly agreeable or polite