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vocab#8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| animosity | strong dislike, bitter hostility, or hatred |
| apathy | a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | to praise, or express approval |
| compatible | able to get along or work well together |
| condolence | an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | to make sacred or to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | old, worn out, or ruined |
| deride | to ridicule or to laugh at (bully) |
| ingenuous | innocent, simple, or sincere |
| multifarious | having great variety, numerous diverse |
| obsolete | out of date, no longer in use |
| omnivorous | eating every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything, having, having a wide variety of taste |
| parsimonious | stingy (greedy) |
| quandary | state of doubt |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | an injury done in return for injury (revenge) |
| revel | (v) to take great pleasure in something ; (n) a wild celebration |
| stultify | to make ineffective or useless, to cripple |
| suave | smoothly, agreeable, polite, pleasing to the senses |