Unit 8 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Apathy
A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Animosity
Strong dislike; bitter hostility
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 useless some other model or system
Condolence
An expression of sympathy
Consecrate
To make sacred, hollow; 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Out of date, no longer in use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 kind of food, eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of taste
Parsimonious
Stinky, majorly, 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(n) a wild celebration
Stultify
To make ineffective or useless, cripple
Suave
Smoothly agreeable a polite, pleasing to the senses
