Level E Vocab Unit 8
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askorupp on November 18, 2010
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english vocabulary, english 1 honors
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 animosity | n- strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | n-lack of feeling, emotion or interest |
| apprehensive | adj-feaarful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | v-to praise, express approval |
| compatible- | adj- able to get along/work together |
| condolence | n-an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | v-to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for special purpose |
| decrepit | old and feeble; worn-out ruined |
| deride | to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| 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| obsolete | out-of-date, no longer in use |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 tastes |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | an injury done in return for injury |
| revel | to take great pleasure in; a wild celebration |
| stultify | to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
| synonyms & anthonyms suave | s- sophisticated, urbane, polished a- crude, clumsy, unpolished, oafish, loutish |
| synonyms & anthonyms stultify | s-smuther, nuetralize, stifle, negate a-arose, excite, stimulate, inspire |
| synonyms & anthonyms revel | s-relish, savor, bask in, carouse a-abhor, loathe |
| synonyms & anthonyms reprisal | s-reteliation, revenge, retribution |
| synonyms & anthonyms recalcitrant | s- unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery a-compliant, obedient, docile, cooperative |
| synonyms & anthonyms quandary | s-confusion, dilemma, predicament |
| synonyms & anthonyms parsimonious | s- frugal, niggardly, penny-pinching, cheap a-generous, openhanded |
| synonyms & antonyms omnivorous | s-all-devouring, voracious |
| synonyms & antonyms obsolete | s-outmoded, antiqueated, old hat, passe a-current, up-to-date, brand new |
| synonyms & antonyms MULTIFARIOUS | s-varied, heterogenous, manifold a-uniformed, unvaried, homogenous |
| synonyms & antonyms ingenuous | s-naive, candid, artless, guileless a-artful, craftly, worldly, sophisticated |
| deride- | s-mock, scorn, jeer at, disparage a-praise, extol, applaud, acclaim |
| synonyms & antonyms decrepit | s- infirm, broken down, rickety, dilipidated a-virgorous, robust, sturdy |
| synonyms & antonyms consecrate | s-devote, dedicate, sanctify a-desecrate, dishonor, defile, profane |
| synonyms & antonyms condolence | s-commiceration, solace, sympathy |
| synonyms & antonyms compatible | s-harmonious, like-minded, in agreement a-antagonistic, mismatched, incongruous |
| synonyms & antonyms commend | s-applaud, entrust a- abhor; loathe |
| synonyms & antonyms apprehensive | s-worried, nervous, jittery, fretful a-unworried, assured, confident, certain |
| synonyms & antonyms apathy | s-indifference, disinterest, detachment a-enthusiasm, fervor, ardor, concern |
| synonyms & antonyms animosity | s-enmity, rancor, antipathy a- affection, fondness, rapport, amity |
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