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Vocabulary Unit 8E

AB
animositystrong dislike, bitter hostility; enmity, rancor, antipathy
apathya lack of feeling, emotion, or interest; indifference, disinterest, detachment
apprehensivefearful or anxious, especially about the future; worried, nervous, fretful, jittery
commendto praise, express approval, to represent as worthy of attention; to praise, pat on the back, to entrust
compatibleable to get along or work well together, capable of use with some other model or system; harmonious, in agreement, like-minded
condolencean expression of sympathy; commiseration, solace
consecrateto make sacred, hallow, to set apart for a special purpose; to devote, dedicate, to sanctify
decrepitold and feeble, worn-out, ruined; infirm, broken-down, rickety, dilapidated
derideto ridicule, laugh at with contempt; to mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at
ingenuousinnocent, simple, frank, sincere; naive, artless, guileless, candid
multifarioushavinf great variety, numerous, and diverse; varied, manifold, heterogeneous
obsoleteout of date, no longer in use; outmoded, antiquated, passé
omnivorouseating every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes; all devouring, voracious
parsimoniousstingy, miserly, meager, poor, small; frugal, niggardly, cheap
quandarya state of perplexity or doubt; confusion, dilemma, predicament
recalcitrantstubbornly disobedient, resisting authority; unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery
reprisalan injury done in return for injury; retaliation, revenge, retribution
revelto take great pleasure in, a wild celebration; to relish, savor, bask in, carouse
stultifyto make ineffective or useless, cripple, to have a dulling effect on; to smother, stifle, to neutralize, negate
suavesmoothly agreeable or polite, pleasing to the senses; sophisticated; urbane, polished


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