Unit 8 Flashcards
apathy
lack of concern or emotion
animosity
hatred, strong dislike
apprehensive
anxious or nervous about the future
commend
to express approval of; praise
compatible
capable of existing or performing in harmonious combination
condolence
expression with sympathy with a person
consecrate
to set apart as sacred
decrepit
worn and broken down by use
deride
to laugh at with scorn
ingenuous
characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
multifarious
having great variety; diverse
obsolete
no longer practiced or accepted
omnivorous
eating or living on all kinds of food
parsimonious
excessively unwilling to spend
quandry
state of difficulty or perplexity
recalcitrant
stubbornly disobedient
reprisal
an injury done in return for injury
revel
a noisy festivity or celebration
stultify
to render useless; to cripple
suave
smooth and pleasant in manner