vocab unit 8

Vocab Unit 8

Animosity

(noun) strong dislike; bitter hostility

Apathy

(noun) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Apprehensive

(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Commend

(verb) 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

(noun) an expression of sympathy

Consecrate

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

Decrepit

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

Deride

(verb) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Ingenuous

(adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Multifarious

(adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse

Obsolete

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 out-of-date, no longer in use

Omniverous

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

Parsimonious

(adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Quandary

(noun) a state of perplexity or doubt

Recalcitrant

(adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Reprisal

(noun) injury done in return for injury

Revel

(verb) to take great pleasure in(noun) a wild celebration

Stultify

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

Suave

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