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SAT Vocabulary #8
Terms and Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| animosity | Strong dislike; bitter hostility |
| apathy | A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | Fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | To praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
| compatible | Able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system |
| condolence | An expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | To make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
| decrepit | Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined |
| deride | To ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| ingenuous | Innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
| multifarious | Having great variety; numerous and diverse |
| obsolete | Out of date, no longer in use |
| omnivorous | Eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes |
| parsimonious | Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
| quandary | A state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | Stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | An injury done in return for injury |
| revel | (v)To take great pleasure in; (n) a wild celebration |
| stultify | To make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on |
| suave | Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |