unit 8 vocabulary

Question	Answer
ANIMOSITY	(n) strongly 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 a 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
CONDOLEENCE	(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OBSOLETE	(adj) out-of-date, no longer in use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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