Unit 8

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

n.) strong dislike

Question 2

Apathy

Answer 2

n.) a lack of emotion

Question 3

Apprehensive

Answer 3

adj.) fearful or anxious

Question 4

Commend

Answer 4

v.) to praise

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

Question 10

Ingenuous

Answer 10

adj.) innocent

Question 11

Multifarious

Answer 11

adj.) numerous 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 out-of-date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.) poor

Question 15

Quandary

Answer 15

n.) a state of perplexity or doubt

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 in; (n.) a wild celebration

Question 19

Stultify

Answer 19

v.) cripple

Question 20

Suave

Answer 20

adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite