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Unit 6
Term | Definition |
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animosity | (n) strong dislike; bitter hostility |
apprehensive | (adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
condolence | (n) an expression of sympathy |
decrepit | (adj) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
ingenuous | (adj) innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
obsolete | (adj) out-of-date, no longer in use |
parsimonious | (adj) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
quandary | (n) a state of perplexity or doubt |
recalcitrant | (adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
reprisal | (n) an injury done in return for injury; an act of retaliation |
revel | (v) to take great pleasure in (n) a wild celebration |
stultify | (v) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |