vocab unit 8 Flashcards
animosity
strong dislike, bitter hostility
apathy
a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
apprehensive
fearful or anxious, especially about the future
commend
to praise, express approval
compatible
able to get along or work well together
condolence
expression of sympathy
consecrate
to make sacred, hallow
decrepit
old and feeble, worn out
deride
to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
ingenous
innocent, simple, sincere
multifarious
having a great variety, numerous
obsolete
out of date, no longer in use
omnivorous
eating every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything
parsimonious
stingy, miserly; meager
quandary
a state of perplexity or doubt
recalcitrant
stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
reprisal
an injury done in return for injury
revel
take great pleasure in, a wild celebration
stultify
to make ineffective or useless, cripple, have a dulling effect on
suave
smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
