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Grade 11 Vocab #8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| commend | to praise, express approval, to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
| animosity | strong dislike, bitter hostility |
| ingenuous | innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
| reprisal | an injury done in return for an injury |
| apathy | a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| obsolete | out-of-date, no longer in use |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| stultify | to make ineffective or useless; to have a dulling effect on |
| consecrate | to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| omnivorous | eating every kind of food; having a wide variety of interests |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly; meagar, poor, small |
| revel | to take great pleasure in |
| condolence | an expression of sympathy |
| decrepit | old and feeble; worn out, ruined |
| deride | to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedent, resisting authority |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
| multifarious | having great variety; numerous and diverse |
| compatible | able to get along to work well together; capable of use with some other model or system |