Vocab Unit 8 Flashcards

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Apathy

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A lack of feeling

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Apprehensive

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Fearful or anxious

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3
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Commend

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To praise

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Compatible

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Able to get along or work well together

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5
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Condolence

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An expression of sympathy

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6
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Consecrate

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To make sacred, devote to

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7
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Decrepit

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Old and feeble, worn out

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8
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Deride

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To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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9
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Ingenuous

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Innocent, sincere

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10
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Multifarious

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Having great variety

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11
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Obsolete

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Out-of-date

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12
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Omnivorous

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Eating every kind of food

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13
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Parsimonious

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Stingy, poor, frugal

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14
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Quandary

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A state of perplexity or doubt

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15
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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly disobedient

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16
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Reprisal

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Revenge, an injury done in return for injury

17
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Revel

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To take great pleasure in

18
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Stultify

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To make ineffective or useless

19
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Suave

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Smoothly agreeable or polite

20
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Animosity

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Strong dislike