Vocab Unit 8

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

Strong dislike; bitter hostility

Question 2

Apprehensive

Answer 2

Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Question 3

Commend

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Decrepit

Answer 4

Old and feeble; worn out, ruined

Question 5

Deride

Answer 5

To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Question 6

Multifarious

Answer 6

Having great variety; numerous and diverse

Question 7

Omnivorous

Answer 7

Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of taste

Question 8

Quandary

Answer 8

A state of perplexity or doubt

Question 9

Recalcitrant

Answer 9

Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Question 10

Reprisal

Answer 10

An injury done in return for injury

Question 11

Apathy

Answer 11

Lack of feeling, emotion, or interests

Question 12

Compatible

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Condolence

Answer 13

An expression of sympathy

Question 14

Consecrate

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Ingenuous

Answer 15

Innocent, simple; frank, sincere

Question 16

Obsolete

Answer 16

Out of date, no longer in use

Question 17

Parsimonious

Answer 17

Stingy, miserably; meager, poor, small

Question 18

Revel

Answer 18

To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

Question 19

Stultify

Answer 19

To make an effective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling affect on

Question 20

Suave

Answer 20

Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses