Unit 8 Vocab Words

Question 0

Apathy

Answer 0

APATHY (n.) Lack of concern or emotion; Indifference

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

ANIMOSITY (n.) Hatred, Strong dislike

Question 2

Apprehensive

Answer 2

APPREHENSIVE (adj.) Anxious or fearful about the future; Uneasy

Question 3

Commend

Answer 3

COMMEND (v.) To express approval of; praise

Question 4

Compatible

Answer 4

COMPATIBLE (adj.) Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination

Question 5

Condolence

Answer 5

CONDOLENCE (n.) Expression of sympathy with a person in pain, sorrow, or misfortune

Question 6

Consecrate

Answer 6

CONSECRATE (v.) To set apart as sacred

Question 7

Decrepit

Answer 7

DECREPIT (adj.) Worn and broken down by hard use

Question 8

Deride

Answer 8

DERIDE (v.) To laugh at with scorn; To ridicule

Question 9

Ingenious

Answer 9

INGENUOUS (adj.) Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; Not devious in a naive way

Question 10

Multifarious

Answer 10

MULTIFARIOUS (adj.) Having great variety; diverse

Question 11

Obsolete

Answer 11

OBSOLETE (adj.) No longer practiced or accepted; Outdated

Question 12

Omnivorous

Answer 12

OMNIVOROUS (adj.) Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately

Question 13

Parsimonious

Answer 13

PARSIMONIOUS (adj.) Excessively unwilling to spend; Stingy

Question 14

Quandary

Answer 14

QUANDARY (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; A dilemma

Question 15

Recalcitrant

Answer 15

RECALCITRANT (adj.) Stubbornly disobedient; Resisting to authority

Question 16

Reprisal

Answer 16

REPRISAL (n.) An injury done in return for injury

Question 17

Revel

Answer 17

REVEL (n.) A noisy festivity or celebration, merrymaking; (v.) To take great pleasure or delight

Question 18

Stultify

Answer 18

STULTIFY (v.) To render useless; To cripple

Question 19

Suave

Answer 19

SUAVE (adj.) Smooth and pleasant in manner