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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; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
compatible | adj. able to work with or work well together |
condolence | n. an expression of sympathy |
consecrate | v. to make sacred, hallow; too set apart for a special purpose |
decrepit | adj. old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
deride | v. to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
ingenuous | 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, eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes |
parsimonious | adj. stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
quandary | n. a state of perplexity or doubt |
recalcitrant | adj. stubbornly disobidient, resisting authority |
reprisal | n. aan injury done in return for an 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 |