Vocab Book E Unit 8
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Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 animosity | (n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | (n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | (adj.) fearing or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | (v.) 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 older model or system |
| condolence | (n.) an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | (v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | (adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
| deride | (v.) 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 out-of-date, no longer in use |
| omnivorous | (adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes |
| parsimonious | (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
| quandary | (n.) a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | (n.) an injury done in return for injury |
| revel | (v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration |
| stultify | (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
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