pre-AP English Unit Eight SAT Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Animosity | strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | a lack of feeling, emotion or interest |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | to praise; to 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 (blessed); to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | old and feeble (weak); worn-out; ruined |
| deride | to ridicule; to laugh at with contempt |
| ingenuous | innocent; simple; frank; sincere |
| multifarious | having great variety; numerous and diverse |
| obsolete | out of date; no longer in use (due to changing technology or fashion) |
| 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 an injury |
| revel | to take great pleasure in; a wild celebration |
| stultlify | to make ineffective or useless; to cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
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