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Vocab Unit 8 Level E
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level E
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| animosity | (n) strong dislike; bitter hostility (syn) enmity, rancor, antipathy (ant) affection, fondness, rapport, amity |
| apathy | (n) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest (syn) indifference, disinterest, detachment (ant) enthusiasm, fervor, ardor, concern |
| apprehensive | (adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future (syn) worried, nervous, fretful, jittery (ant) unworried, assured, confident, certain |
| commend | (v) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of (syn) applaud, entrust (ant) abhor, loathe |
| compatible | (ant) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system (syn) harmonious, in agreement, like-minded (ant) mismatched, incongruous, antagonistic |
| condolence | (n) an expression of sympathy (syn) commiseration, solace, sympathy |
| consecrate | (v) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose (syn) devore, dedicate, sanctify (ant) desecrate, defile, profane, dishonor |
| decrepit | (adj) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined (syn)infirm, broken-down, rickety, dilapidated (ant) vigorous, robust, sturdy |
| deride | (v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt (syn) mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at (ant) praise, extol, acclaim, applaud |
| ingenuous | (adj) innocent, simple; frank, sincere (syn) naive, artless, guileless, candid (ant) artful, crafty, worldly, sophisticated |
| multifarious | (adj) having great variety; numerous and diverse (syn) varied,manifold, heterogeneous (ant) unvaried, uniform, homogeneous |
| obsolete | (adj) out-of-date, no longer in use (syn) outmoded, antiquated, passé, old hat (ant) current, up-to-date, brand new |
| omnivorous | (adj) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes (syn) all-devouring, voracious |
| parsimonious | (adj) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small (syn) frugal, niggardly, penny-pinching, cheap (ant) generous, openhanded |
| quandary | (n) a state of perplexity or doubt (syn) confusion, dilemma, predicament |
| recalcitrant | (adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority (syn) unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery (ant) obedient, docile, cooperative, compliant |
| reprisal | (n) an injury done in return for injury (syn) retaliation, revenge, retribution |
| revel | (v) to take great pleasure in (n) a wild celebration (syn) (v) relish, savor, bask in, carouse (ant) (v) abhor, loathe |
| stultify | (v) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on (syn) smother, stifle, neutralize, negate (ant) arouse, excite, inspire, stimulate |
| suave | (adj) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses (syn) sophisticated, urbane, polished (ant) crude, clumsy, unpolished, oafish, loutish |
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