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Unit 8, Level E
Vocabulary
Strong dislike; bitter hostility
Animosity (n.)
A lack of feeling, emotion or interest
Apathy (n.)
Fearful or anxious, especially about the future; worried
Apprehensive (adj.)
To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
Commend (v.)
Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
Compatible (adj.)
An expression of sympathy
Condolence (n.)
To make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose; devote, dedicate
Consecrate (v.)
Old an feeble; worn-out, ruined
Decrepit (adj.)
To ridicule, laugh at with contempt
Deride (v.)
Innocent, simple; frank, sincere
Ingenuous (adj.)
Having great variety; numerous and diverse
Multifarious (adj.)
Out-of-date, no longer in use
Obsolete (adj.)
Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes
Omnivorous (adj.)
Stingy miserly; meager, poor, small; frugal
Parsimonious (adj.)
A state of perplexity or doubt; confusion
Quandary (n.)
Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
Recalcitrant (adj.)
An injury done in return for injury; retaliation
Reprisal (n.)
To take great pleasure in; relish
Revel (v.)
To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on; smother
Stultify (v.)
Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
Suave (adj.)