Unit 8, Level E

Vocabulary

Strong dislike; bitter hostility

Animosity (n.)

A lack of feeling, emotion or interest

Apathy (n.)

Fearful or anxious, especially about the future; worried

Apprehensive (adj.)

To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

Commend (v.)

Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

Compatible (adj.)

An expression of sympathy

Condolence (n.)

To make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose; devote, dedicate

Consecrate (v.)

Old an feeble; worn-out, ruined

Decrepit (adj.)

To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Deride (v.)

Innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Ingenuous (adj.)

Having great variety; numerous and diverse

Multifarious (adj.)

Out-of-date, no longer in use

Obsolete (adj.)

Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

Omnivorous (adj.)

Stingy miserly; meager, poor, small; frugal

Parsimonious (adj.)

A state of perplexity or doubt; confusion

Quandary (n.)

Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Recalcitrant (adj.)

An injury done in return for injury; retaliation

Reprisal (n.)

To take great pleasure in; relish

Revel (v.)

To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on; smother

Stultify (v.)

Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

Suave (adj.)