Unit 8 vocab - Lunsford

animosity

strong dislike;
bitter hostility

apathy

a lack of feeling,
emotion, or interest

apprehensive

fearful or anxious,
especially about the
future

commend

to praise, express
approval; to present
as worthy of
attention

compatible

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

condolence

an expression of
sympathy

consecrate

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

suave

smoothly agreeable or
polite; pleasing to
the senses

decrepit

old and feeble;
worn-out, ruined

deride

to ridicule, laugh at
with contempt

ingenuous

innocent, simple;
frank, sincere

multifarious

having great variety;
numerous and diverse

obsolete

out-of-date, no
longer in use

omnivorous

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

parsimonious

stingy, miserly;
meager, poor, small

quandary

a state of perplexity
or doubt

recalcitrant

stubbornly
disobedient,
resisting authority

reprisal

an injury done in
return for injury

revel

to take great
pleasure in

stultify

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