Unit 8

Question 0

apathy

Answer 0

(n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Question 1

animosity

Answer 1

(n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility

Question 2

apprehensive

Answer 2

(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 3

commend

Answer 3

(v.) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

Question 4

compatible

Answer 4

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

Question 5

condolence

Answer 5

(n.) an expression of sympathy; solace

Question 6

consecrate

Answer 6

(v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

Question 7

decrepit

Answer 7

(adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

Question 8

deride

Answer 8

(v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 9

ingenuous

Answer 9

(adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Question 10

multifarious

Answer 10

(adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverset

Question 11

obsolete

Answer 11

(adj.) out-of-date, no longer in use

Question 12

omnivorous

Answer 12

(adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

Question 13

parsimonious

Answer 13

(adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Question 14

quandary

Answer 14

(n.) a state of perplexity or doubt

Question 15

recalcitrant

Answer 15

(adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Question 16

reprisal

Answer 16

(n.) an injury done in return for injury

Question 17

revel

Answer 17

(v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration

Question 18

stultify

Answer 18

(v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

Question 19

suave

Answer 19

(adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses