Vocabulary Unit 8 Level E

animosity

animosity

(n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility

apathy

(n.) a lack of feeling, 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, 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 out-of-date, no longer in use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 tastes

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 in return for injury

revel

(v.) to take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

stultify

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

suave

(adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses