Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 animosity | strong dislike; bitter hostlility |
| apathy | a lack of feelling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious, espcially about the future |
| commend | to praise, express approval, to present as praise worthy |
| compatible | aable to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other system or model |
| condolence | an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | to make sacred; hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | old and geeble; 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| obsolete | out of date, no longer in use |
| omnivorious | eathing every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small |
| quandry | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | an injuy done in return for injury |
| revel | to take great pleasure in, a wild celebration |
| stultify | to make ineffective or uselsess, cripple, |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite |
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