| A | B |
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| animosity | (n) strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | (n) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | (adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | (v) to praise, express approval |
| compatible | (adj) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system |
| condolence | (n) an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | (v) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | (adj) old and feeble; worn-out ruined |
| deride | (v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| ingenious | (adj) innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
| multifarious | (adj) having a great variety; numerous and diverse |
| obsolete | (adj) out-of-date, no longer in use |
| omnivorous | (adj) eating every kind of food |
| parsimonious | (adj) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
| quandary | (n) a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | (adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | (n) an injury done in return for injury |
| revel | (v) to take great pleasure in (n) a wild celebration |
| stultify | (v) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | (adj) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
