English 1 Honors Vocab Unit 8

Animosity (n)

strong dislike; bitter hostility; live hatred

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 FROM USE; worn-out, ruined

Deride (v)

to mock, laugh at with contempt

Ingenuous (adj)

innocent, simple, frank, sincere

Multifarious (adj)

having a great variety; numerous and diverse

Obsolete (adj)

out-of-date DUE TO TIME, no longer in use

Omnivorous (adj)

eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide veriety of tastes

Parsimonious (adj)

stingy; poor small

Quandary (n)

a state of perplexity or doubt

Recalcitrant (adj)

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Reprisal (n)

an injury done in return for an injury

Revel

(v) to take pleasure in (n) a wild celebration

Sultify (v)

To stop from growing; stunt

Suave (adj)

smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses