vocab unit 8
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 out-of-date, no longer in use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