Vocab 8 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Animosity
Strong dislike; bitter hostility
Apathy
A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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 use with some other model or system
Condolence
An expression of sympathy
Consecrate
To make sacred, hallow; 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Out-of-date, no longer in use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 tastes
Parsimonious
Stringy, misery; meager, poor, small
Quandary
A state of perplexity
Recalcitrant
Stubbornly, disobedient
Reprisal
An injury done in return for injury
Revel
To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
Stultify
To make ineffective or useless, cripple, to have a dulling effect on
Suave
Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
Strong dislike; bitter hostility
Animosity
A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Apathy
Fearful or anxious, especially about the future
Apprehensive
To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
Commend
