Vocab 4: Friends And Enermies

Question 1

Abhor / Abhorrencere

Answer 1

Regard with disgust and hatred

Question 2

Acrimony

Answer 2

Bitterness or ill feeling, animosity (strong hostility)

Question 3

Amiable/ Amicable

Answer 3

Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner

Question 4

Antipathy

Answer 4

A deep feeling of dislike, aversion

Question 5

Congenial

Answer 5

Pleasant because suited/similar to one’s own

Question 6

Disputatious

Answer 6

Fond of or causing heated arguments

Question 7

Distaste

Answer 7

Mild dislike/aversion

Question 8

Empathetic / empathy

Answer 8

Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another

Question 9

Estrange / estrangement

Answer 9

To be no longer close or affection to someone; alienate

Question 10

Exacting

Answer 10

Making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources

Question 11

Genial

Answer 11

Friendly and cheerful

Question 12

Officious

Answer 12

Assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, especially with regard to petty or trivial matters

Question 13

Parody

Answer 13

An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect

Question 14

Rancor / Rancorous

Answer 14

Bitterness or resentfulness

Question 15

Rapport

Answer 15

A close relationship in which people understand each other and communicate well

Question 16

Recluse / Reclusive

Answer 16

A person who lives a solitary life and tend to avoid other people

Question 17

Satire / Satirical / Satirize

Answer 17

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize

Question 18

Solicitous / Solicitousness

Answer 18

Showing interest or concern

Question 19

Unwitting

Answer 19

Not aware of the full facts; not done on purpose, unintentional