vocab unit 8

animosity

(n) strong dislike; bitter hostility

apathy

(n) a lack of feeling, emption, 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 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 ridiculr, laugh at with contempt

ingenuous

(adj) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

multifarious

(adj) having a great variety; numerous and diverse

obsolete

(adj) out-of-date, no longer in use

omvivorous

(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; (n) a wild celebration

stultify

(v) to make ineffective or useless, criple; to have a dull effect on

suave

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