Unit 8 Vocab Flashcards

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Animosity

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Strong dislike, bitter hostility

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Apathy

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A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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Apprehensive

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Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

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Commend

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To praise, express approval. To present as worthy of attention. To commit to the care of

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Compatible

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Able to get along or work well together. Capable of use with some other model or system

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Condolence

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An expression of sympathy

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Consecrate

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To make scared, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

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Decrepit

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Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

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Deride

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To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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Ingenuous

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Innocent, simple; frank, sincere

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Multifarious

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Having great variety; numerous and diverse

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Obsolete

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Our of date, no longer in use

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Omnivorous

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

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Parsimonious

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Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

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Quandary

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A state of perplexity or doubt

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly disobedient, resting authority

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Reprisal

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An injury done in return for injury

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Revel

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To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

19
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Stultify

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

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Suave

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Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses