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Unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. expression of sympathy |
| Consecrate | v. to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
| Decrepit | adj. old and feeble; warn-out and, 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 out of date, no longer in use |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. state of perplexity or doubt |
| Recalcitrant | adj. stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| Reprisal | n. an injury done in return for injury |
| Revel | v. to take great pleasure in n. 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 |