Vocab 8 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 of 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 and diverse

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Obsolete

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(adj.) no longer in use, out-of-date

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Omnivorous

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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