Vocab 8 Flashcards

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Animosity

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A strong dislike; bitter hostility

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Apathy

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A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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3
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Apprehensive

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Fearful or anxious, especially for the future

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4
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Commend

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To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

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5
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Compatible

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Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model

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6
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Condolence

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An expression of sympathy

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7
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Consecrate

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To make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

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8
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Decrepit

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Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

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9
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Deride

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To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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10
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Ingenuous

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Innocent, simple; frank, sincere

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11
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Multifarious

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Having great variety; numerous and diverse

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12
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Obsolute

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Out-of-date, no longer in use

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13
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Omnivorous

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Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide varity of tastes

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14
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Parsimonious

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Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

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15
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Quandary

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A state of perplexity or doubt

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16
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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

17
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Reprisal

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An injury done in return for an injury

18
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Revel

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To take great pleasure in // a wild celebration

19
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Stultify

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To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

20
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Suave

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Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleaseing to the senses