Vocab Unit 8

Question 1

Apathy

Answer 1

Noun

Lack of feeling, emotion or interest

Question 2

Apprehensive

Answer 2

Adj

Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 3

Commend

Answer 3

Verb

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

Question 4

Compatible

Answer 4

Adj

Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

Question 5

Condolence

Answer 5

Noun

An expression of sympathy

Question 6

Consecrate

Answer 6

Verb

To make scared, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

Question 7

Decrepit

Answer 7

Adj

All and feeble; worn-out, ruined

Question 8

Deride

Answer 8

Verb

To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 9

Ingenuous

Answer 9

Adj

Innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Question 10

Multifarious

Answer 10

Adj

Having great variety; numerous and diverse

Question 11

Obsolete

Answer 11

Adj

Out-of-date, no longer in use

Question 12

Omnivorous

Answer 12

Adj

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

Question 13

Parsimonious

Answer 13

Adj

Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Question 14

Quandary

Answer 14

Noun

A state of perplexity or doubt

Question 15

Reprisal

Answer 15

Noun

An injury done in return for injury

Question 16

Revel

Answer 16

Verb
To take great pleasure in

Noun
A wild celebration

Question 17

Stultify

Answer 17

Verb

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

Question 18

Suave

Answer 18

Adj

Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

Question 19

Animosity

Answer 19

Noun

Strong dislike; bitter hostility

Question 20

Recalcitrant

Answer 20

Adj

Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority