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WCHS Unit 8-E
Word | Definition |
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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; worn-out, ruined |
deride | (v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
ingenuous | (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obsolete | (adj) out-of-date, no longer in use |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, meager, poor, small |
quandary | (n) a state of perplexity or doubt |
recalcitrant | (adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
reprisal | (n) an injury done in return for an 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; pleasing to the senses |