Unit 8 Flashcards
Apathy
A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Animosity
Strong just like; bitter hostility
Apprehensive
Fearfull or anxious, especially about the future
Commend
To praise, 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
Consecrates
To make sacred, hollow; set apart for a special purpose
Decrepit
Old and feeble; worn out, really ruined
Deride
To ridicule, laughed at with content
Ingenious
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Out of date, no longer in use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; Eagley taking on everything and I: having a wide variety of tastes
Persimonious
Stingy, Ms. early; meager, poor, small
Quandary
A state of perplexity or doubt