Unit 8: Vocab

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animosity

strong dislike; bitter hostility

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apathy

a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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apprehensive

fearful or anxious, especially about the future

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commend

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

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compatible

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

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condolence

an expression of sympathy

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consecrate

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

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decrepit

(adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

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deride

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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ingenuous

innocent, simple; frank, sincere

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multifarious

having great variety; numerous and diverse

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obsolete

out-of-date, no longer in use

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omnivorous

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

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parsimonious

stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

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quandary

a state of perplexity or doubt

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recalcitrant

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

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reprisal

an injury done in return for injury

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revel

to take great pleasure in

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stultify

to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

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suave

smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

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