| 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; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of | 
| 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 scared, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose | 
| decrepit | (adj.) old and feeble | 
| deride | (v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt | 
| ingenuous | (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere | 
| multifarious | (adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse | 
| obsolete | (adj.) out of date, no longer in use | 
| omniverous | (adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes | 
| parsimonious | (adj.) stingy, miserly | 
| 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 |