Vocab Unit 8

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

Strong dislike; bitter hostility

Question 2

Apathy

Answer 2

a lack of feeling, emotion, or intrest

Question 3

Apprehensive

Answer 3

fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 4

Commend

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Compatible

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Condolence

Answer 6

An expression of sympathy

Question 7

Consecrate

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Decrepit

Answer 8

old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

Question 9

Deride

Answer 9

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 10

Ingenuous

Answer 10

innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Question 11

Multifarious

Answer 11

having great variety; numerous and diverse

Question 12

Obsolete

Answer 12

out of date; no longer in use

Question 13

Omnivorous

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Parsimonious

Answer 14

stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Question 15

Quandary

Answer 15

a state of perplexity or doubt

Question 16

Recalcitrant

Answer 16

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Question 17

Reprisal

Answer 17

an injury done in return for an injury

Question 18

revel

Answer 18

to take great pleasure in

Question 19

Stulify

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Suave

Answer 20

smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses