Vocabulary Unit 8

animosity

strong dislike; bitter hostility

apathy

a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

apprehensive

fearful or anxious, especially about the future

commend

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

compatible

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

condolence

an expression of sympathy

consecrate

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

decrepit

old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

deride

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

ingenuous

innocent, simple; frank, sincere

multifarious

having great variety; numerous and diverse

obsolete

out-of-date, no longer in use

omnivorous

eating every king of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

parsimonious

stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

quandary

a state of perplexity or doubt

recalcitrant

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

reprisal

an injury done in return for injury

revel

to take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

stultify

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

suave

smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

animosity

syn: enmity, rancor, antipathy

apathy

syn: indifferent, disinterest, detachment

apprehensive

syn: worried, nervous, fretful, jittery

commend

syn: applaud. entrust

compatible

syn: harmonious, in agreement

condolence

syn: commiseration, solace, sympathy

consecrate

syn: devote, sanctify

decrepit

syn: infirm, broken-down, rickety

deride

syn: mock, scorn, disparage

ingenuous

syn: naive, artless, guileless, candid

multifarious

syn: varied, manifold, heterogeneous

obsolete

syn: outmoded, pass�, old hat

omnivorous

syn: all-devouring, voracious

parsimonious

syn: frugal, niggardly, penny-pinching, cheap

quandary

syn: confusion, dilemma, predicament

recalcitrant

syn: unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery

reprisal

syn: retaliation, revenge

revel

syn: relish, savor, back in, carouse

stultify

syn: smother, stifle, neutralize, negate

suave

syn: sophisticated, urbane, polished

noun

POS animosity

noun

POS apathy

adjective

POS apprehensive

verb

POS commend

adjective

POS compatible

noun

POS condolence

verb

POS consecrate

adjective

POS decrepit

verb

POS deride

adjective

POS ingenuous

adjective

POS multifarious

adjective

POS obsolete

adjective

POS omnivorous

adjective

POS parsimonious

noun

POS quandary

adjective

POS recalcitrant

noun

POS reprisal

verb and noun

POS revel

verb

POS stultify

adjective

POS suave