unit 8 definitions

Question 1

animosity

Answer 1

strong dislike; bitter hostility

Question 2

apprehensive

Answer 2

fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 3

commend

Answer 3

to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit the care of; given over

Question 4

decrepit

Answer 4

old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

Question 5

deride

Answer 5

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 6

multifarious

Answer 6

having great variety; numerous and diverse

Question 7

omnivorous

Answer 7

eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

Question 8

quandary

Answer 8

a state of perplexity or doubt

Question 9

recalcitrant

Answer 9

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Question 10

reprisal

Answer 10

an injury done in return for injury

Question 11

apathy

Answer 11

a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 12

compatible

Answer 12

able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

Question 13

condolence

Answer 13

an expression of sympathy

Question 14

consecrate

Answer 14

to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

Question 15

ingenuous

Answer 15

innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Question 16

obsolete

Answer 16

out-of-date, no longer in use

Question 17

parsimonious

Answer 17

stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Question 18

revel

Answer 18

(v)to take pleasure in; (n) a wild celebration

Question 19

stultify

Answer 19

to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

Question 20

suave

Answer 20

smoothly agreeable; pleasing to the senses