| Term | Definition |
| animosity | strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | a lack of felling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
| 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 |
| decrepit | old and feeble |
| deride | to ridicule, to laugh at with content |
| 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| obsolete | out of date, no longer in use |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 taste |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | an injury done for injury |
| revel | to take pleasure in ; a wild celebration |
| stultify | to make ineffective, cripple ; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite |