A | B |
omnivorous | eats every kind of food |
obsolete | out-of date no longer in use |
multifarious | having great variety/ diverse |
deride | ridicule/mock/scorn/laugh at w contempt |
ingenuous | innocent/ simple/ sincere/ frank |
decrepit | old/ feeble |
consecrate | to make sacred/ hallow |
condolence | expression of sympathy |
compatible | able to get along or work well w others |
commend | praise/ express approval |
apprehensive | fearful or anxious |
apathy | lack of feeling |
animosity | strong dislike/ bitter hostilityreprisal |
reprisal | injury done for an injury |
recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient |
quandary | state of perplexity or doubt |
parsimonious | stingy/ miserly/meager/poor/small |
revel | to take great pleasure in / to celebrate/ relish |
stultify | to make ineffective/ cripple/dulling effect |
sauve | smooth/ agreeable/ polite/ pleasing to senses |