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Vocabulary List #8

animosity - suave

worddefinitionsynonymantonym
animosity strong dislike; bitter hostility enmity, rancor, antipathy affection, fondness, rapport, amity
apathy a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest indifference, disinterest, detachment enthusiasm, fervor, ardor; concern
apprehensive fearful or anxious, especially about the future worried, nervous, fretful, jittery assured, confident, unworried, certain
commend express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of to praise, pat on the back; to entrust to abhor, loathe
compatible able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system harmonious, in agreement, like-minded mismatched, incongruous; antagonistic
condolence an expression of sympathy commiseration, solace, sympathy
consecrate to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose to devote, dedicate; to sanctify to desecrate; defile, profane, dishonor
decrepit old and feeble; worn-out, ruined infirm, broken-down, rickety, dilapidated vigorous, robust, sturdy, hale and hearty
deride to ridicule, laugh at with contempt to mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at to praise, extol, acclaim, applaud
ingenuous innocent, simple; frank, sincere naive, artless, guileless, candid artful, crafty, worldly, sophisticated
multifarious having great variety; numerous and diverse varied, manifold, heterogeneous homogeneous, uniform, unvaried
obsolete out of date; no longer in use outmoded, antiquated, passe, "old hat" current, up-to-date, brand-new
omnivorous eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes all-devouring, voracious
parsimonious stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small frugal, penny-pinching; "cheap" generous, openhanded
quandary a state of perplexity or doubt confusion; a dilemma, predicament
recalcitrant stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery obedient, docile, cooperative, compliant
reprisal an injury done in return for injury retaliation, revenge, retribution
revel (v) to take great pleasure in; (n) a wild celebration to relish, savor, bask in; to carouse
stultify to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on to smother, stifle; to neutralize, negate to arouse, excite, inspire, stimulate
suave smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses sophisticated, urbane, polished unpolished, crude, clumsy, oafish, loutish
Created by: klancas94
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