Vocabulary Unit 8 Sadlier-Oxford E
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scholar100 on January 10, 2010
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vocabulary workshop, vocabulary workshop level e
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Sadlier-Oxford vocabulary 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) fearful 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 other 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| obsolete | (adj) out-of-date, no longer in use |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 |
| 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 |
| reprisal | (n) an injury done in return for injury |
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