8 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Apathy
A lack of emotion or interest
Animosity
Strong dislike, bitter hostility
Apprehensive
Fearful or anxious, especially about the future
Commend
To praise, express approval, worthy of attention
Compatible
Get along of work well together
Condolence
An expression of sympathy
Consecrate
To make sacred, set aside for special purpose
Decrepit
Old and feeble, worn out, ruined
Deride
To laugh at with contempt, to ridicule
Ingenuous
Innocent, simple, sincere
Multifarious
Having great variety, numerous and diverse
Obsolete
Out of date, no longer in use
Omnivorous
Eating all kinds of food, eagerly everything, wide variety of taste
Parsimonious
Stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small
Quandary
A state of perplexity or doubt
Recalcitrant
Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
Reprisal
An injury in return for an 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