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vocab level E
chapter 8
Term | Definition |
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animosity | strong dislike, bitter hostility, enmity, loath |
apathy | a lack of feeling or emotion, disinterest, detachment |
apprehensive | fearful, anxious, worried, nervous |
commend | to praise, applaud, approve |
compatible | able to get along or work well together, harmonious, in agreement |
condolence | an expression of sympathy, solace |
consecrate | to make sacred, hallow, devote, sanctify |
decrepit | old, feeble, worn-out, broken down, rickety |
deride | to ridicule, mock, scorn |
ingenuous | innocent, simple, naïve |
multifarious | having great variety, numerous, diverse, varied, heterogeneous |
obsolete | out-of-date, no longer in use, outmoded |
omnivorous | eating every mind of food, voracious, all-devouring |
parsimonious | stingy, meager, poor, small, frugal, cheap |
quandary | a state of perplexity, doubt, confusion, dilemma, predicament |
recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, unruly, ornery |
reprisal | an injury done in return for an injury, retaliation, revenge |
revel | to take pleasure in |
revel | a wild celebration |
stultify | to make useless, cripple, smother, negate |
suave | smoothly agreeable, urbane, polished |