vocab 8 Flashcards
(20 cards)
animosity
n. strong dislike; bitter hostility
apathy
n. a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
apprehensive
adj. fearful or anxious, especially about the future
commend
v. to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
compatible
adj. able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
condolence
n. an expression of sympathy
consecrate
v. to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
decrepit
adj. old and feeble
deride
v. to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
ingenous
adj. innocent, simple; frank, sincere
multifarious
adj. having great variety; numerous and diverse
obsolete
adj. out of date, no longer in use
omnivorous
adj. eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes
parsimonious
adj. stingy, miserly
quandary
n. state of perplexity or doubt
recalcitrant
adj. stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
reprisal
n. an injury done in return for injury
revel
v. to take great pleasure in; n.a wild celebration
stultify
v. to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
suave
adj. smoothly agreeable or polite