Vocab Unit 8

Question 0

Apathy

Answer 0

A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
Syn: indifference, disinterest, detachment
Ant: affection, fervor, ador, concern

Question 1

Animosity

Answer 1

String dislike; bitter hostility
Syn: enmity, rancor, antipathy
Ant: affection fondness, rapport, amity

Question 2

Apprehensive

Answer 2

Fearful, anxious, especially about the future
Syn: worried, nervous, fretful
Ant: unworried, assured, confident, certain

Question 3

Commend

Answer 3

To praise, express approval
Syn: applaud, entrust
Ant: abhor, loathe

Question 4

Compatible

Answer 4

Able to get along or work well together, capable of use with some other model or system
Syn: harmonious, on agreement
Ant: mismatched, incongruous, antagonistic

Question 5

Condolence

Answer 5

An expression of sympathy

Syn: commiseration, solace, sympathy

Question 6

Consecrate

Answer 6

To make sacred, hallow; set aside for a special purpose
Syn: devote, dedicate, sanctify
Ant: desecrate, defile, profane, dishonor

Question 7

Decrepit

Answer 7

Old, feeble; worn-out, ruined
Syn: infirm, broken down, rickety
Ant: vigorous, robust, sturdy

Question 8

Deride

Answer 8

To ridicule, laugh at with contempt
Syn: mock, scorn,disparage, jeer at
Ant: praise, extol. Acclaim, applaud

Question 9

Ingenuous

Answer 9

Innocent, simple, frank, sincere
Syn: naive, artless, candid, artless
Ant: artful, crafty, worldly, sophisticated

Question 10

Multifarious

Answer 10

Having great variety, numerous and diverse
Syn: varied, manifold, heterogenous
Ant: unvaried, homogenous, uniform

Question 11

Obsolete

Answer 11

Out of date,no longer in use
Syn: outmoded, antiquated, old hat
Any: current, up to date, brand new

Question 12

Omnivorous

Answer 12

Eating every kind of food; early taking in everything

Syn: all devouring, voracious

Question 13

Parsimonious

Answer 13

Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
Syn: frugal, niggardly, penny pinching, cheap
Ant: generous, openhanded

Question 14

Quandary

Answer 14

A state of perplexity or doubt

Syn: confusion, dilemma, predicament

Question 15

Recalcitrant

Answer 15

Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
Syn: unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery
Ant: obedient, docile, cooperative, compliant

Question 16

Reprisal

Answer 16

An injury done in return for injury

Syn: retaliation, revenge, retribution

Question 17

Revel

Answer 17

To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
Syn: relish, savor, bask in, carouse
Ant: abhor, loathe

Question 18

Stultify

Answer 18

To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
Syn: smother, stifle, neutralize, negate
Ant: arouse,excite, inspire, stimulate

Question 19

Suave

Answer 19

Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
Syn: sophisticated, urbane, polished
Ant: crude, clumsy, unpolished, oafish, loutish