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Grade 11 Vocab #8
Term | Definition |
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commend | to praise, express approval, to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
animosity | strong dislike, bitter hostility |
ingenuous | innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
reprisal | an injury done in return for an injury |
apathy | a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
obsolete | out-of-date, no longer in use |
quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
stultify | to make ineffective or useless; to have a dulling effect on |
consecrate | to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
apprehensive | fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
omnivorous | eating every kind of food; having a wide variety of interests |
parsimonious | stingy, miserly; meagar, poor, small |
revel | to take great pleasure in |
condolence | an expression of sympathy |
decrepit | old and feeble; worn out, ruined |
deride | to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedent, resisting authority |
suave | smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
multifarious | having great variety; numerous and diverse |
compatible | able to get along to work well together; capable of use with some other model or system |