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Vocabulary Unit 8- 1
Vocabulary Unit 8- 102212 - Sadlier- Oxford
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Animosity | (N.) a strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| Condolence | (N.) 1. Sympathy for someone's grief or sorrow; an expression of sympathy 2. To express sorrow or sympathy for someone's loss. |
| Multifarious | (Adj.) 1. Having great variety; diverse. 2. Many and varied, a large variety. |
| Recalcitrant | (Adj.) stubbornly resistant to authority; disobedient |
| Apathy | (N.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest. |
| Consecrate | (V.) 1. V. Meaning to make sacred or to set apart for a special purpose. 2. Dedicate to a deity by a vow. 3. Render holy by means of religious rites. |
| Obsolete | (Adj.) 1. No longer useful, in use, or in fashion; old. 2. Of a kind or style no longer current; outmoded. |
| Reprisal | (N.) 1. Repayment in-kind, or a retaliatory action in response 2. An action or act of retaliation against someone for injuries received |
| Apprehensive | (Adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| Decrepit | (Adj.) 1. Broken down or worn out by old age or excessive use 2. Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
| Omnivorous | (Adj.) Eating all sorts of food or having many different tastes |
| Revel | (V.) To take great pleasure in or (N.) a wild celebration |
| Commend | (V.) 1. Express approval of. 2. To praise express approval to present as worthy of attention to commit to the care of |
| Deride | (V.) 1. To make fun of; to ridicule, scoff at 2. To ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| Parsimonious | (Adj.) stingy, extremely frugal, miserly. |
| Stultify | (V)1. To render useless, cripple. 2. To cause to appear stupid or ridiculous. |
| Compatible | (Adj.) 1. (Of a couple) existing together harmoniously. 2. Able to exist or act together 3. Suitable; capable of living or existing together in agreement and harmony. |
| Ingenuous | (Adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
| Quandary | (N.) 1. State of perplexity, difficult or uncertain situation 2. State of confusion or doubt, |
| Suave | (Adj.) 1. Having a sophisticated charm. 2. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. |
| Literally | (Adverb) 1. According to fact; without exaggeration 2. Actually, really, word for word. |
| Figuratively | (Adj.) 1. Not literal a figure of speech only. 2. Symbolic; as in a metaphor. Not literal |
| Simile | (N.) 1. Comparison of two things that use like or as 2. A comparison between unlike things that uses like or as. |
| Metaphor | (N.) 1. A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity. 2. A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. |
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