Unit 8 Vocabulary <3 Flashcards

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Animosity

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N. Strong dislike, bitter hostility

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Apathy

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N. A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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Apprehensive

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Adj. fearful or anxious, especially about the future

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Commend

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V. 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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Adj. able to get along or work well together, capable or use with some other model or system

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Condolence

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N. An expression of sympathy

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Consecrate

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V. To make sacred, hallow, to set apart for a special purpose

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Decrepit

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Adj. old and feeble, worn-out, ruined

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Deride

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V. To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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Ingenuous

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Adj. innocent, simple, frank, sincere

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Multifarious

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Adj. having great variety, numerous, diverse

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Obsolete

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Adj. out of date, no longer in use

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Omnivorious

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

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Parsimonious

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Adj. stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small

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Quandary

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N. A state of perplexity or doubt

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Recalcitrant

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Adj. stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

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Reprisal

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N. An injury done in return for injury

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Revel

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V. To take great pleasure in

N. A wild celebration

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Stultify

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

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Suave

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Adj. smoothly agreeable or polite, pleasing to the senses