Unit 8

Question 1

animosity

Answer 1

(n) a strong dislike, bitter hostility

Question 2

apathy

Answer 2

(n) a lack of feeling

Question 3

apprehensive

Answer 3

(adj) fearful or anxious; especially about the future

Question 4

commend

Answer 4

(v) to praise, express approval

Question 5

compatible

Answer 5

(adj) able to get along or work well together

Question 6

condolence

Answer 6

(n) an expression of sympathy

Question 7

consecrate

Answer 7

(v) to make sacred

Question 8

decrepit

Answer 8

(adj) old and feeble; worn out

Question 9

deride

Answer 9

(v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 10

ingenuous

Answer 10

(adj) simple, frank, innocent

Question 11

multifarious

Answer 11

(adj) having great variety; numeous and diverse

Question 12

obsolete

Answer 12

(adj) out of date

Question 13

omnivorous

Answer 13

(adj) eating every kind of food

Question 14

parsimonious

Answer 14

(adj) stingy, miserly, meager

Question 15

quandary

Answer 15

(n) state of perplexity

Question 16

recalcitrant

Answer 16

(adj) stubbornly disobedient

Question 17

reprisal

Answer 17

(n) an injury done in return for injury

Question 18

revel

Answer 18

(v) to take great pleasure ins

Question 19

stultify

Answer 19

(v) to make ineffective or useless

Question 20

suave

Answer 20

(adj) smooth, agreeable and polite