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Word set 4
Friends and Enemy
| Term | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| acrimony (noun) | bitter animosity | Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping. |
| amiable (adj.) | friendly | My elderly neighbor is an amiable woman who bakes me a gingerbread cookies every year. |
| amicable (adj.) | friendly | Most customer service agents are amicable people who are good at settling disagreements. |
| Antipathy (noun) | dislike | The teenagers expressed their antipathy for the school by vandalizing the gym. |
| congenial (adj.) | pleasant | Mark is a congenial host who always makes everyone feel welcome. |
| disputatious (adj.) | quarrelsome; taking pleasure in arguments | Pablo's disputatious personality makes him makes him a great lawyer. |
| distaste (noun) | dislike, aversion | Ever since I was a child, I have always had a great distaste for bananas, as I cannot stand their texture or their taste. |
| empathetic (adj.); empathy (noun) | compassionate | Bart has a hard time forming healthy relationships because he lacks empathy for others. |
| estrange (verb); estrangement (noun) | alienate, alienation | Although Beth had been estranged from her father for years, she came to visit him when she learned he was dying. |
| exacting (adj.) | demanding, severe requirements | Because the dessert recipe was extremely exacting, Laura asked a friend to help her make the dish. |
| genial (adj.) | friendly | While I expected my new new neighbor to be rude, he was actually genial and invited me in for tea. |
| officious (adj.) | meddlesome, interfering | Because Cory is the boss's son, he thinks he can stick his officious nose into everybody's business without feat of consequences. |
| Parody (noun) | intentional mockery | When I heard the parody of the love song, I could not stop laughing. |
| rancor (noun); rancorous (adj.) | bitter resentment | I tend to be very rancorous in the morning, when people try to wake me up before it is necessary and I could have slept a little longer. |
| rapport (noun) | pleasant relationship | The Rapport I have with my therapist allows me to tell her my deepest thoughts . |
| recluse (noun); reclusive (adj.) | hermit; person who lives a solitary life | Because her mother had lived life as a recluse ever since becoming a widow, Paula had to spend a good deal of time running her mother's errands instead of living her own life. |
| satire (noun); satirical (adj.); satirize (verb) | sarcastic imitation | When the political cartoonist drew his latest satire, he did it with the intention of making fun of the country's new healthcare plan. |
| solicitous (adj.); solicitousness (noun) | expressing care or concern, often too much | The overly solicitous mother did not want her children to play at the nearby park even though it was a safe area. |
| unwitting (adj.) | unintentional | The unwitting buyer has no clue what his interest rate is or how long he will have to pay on the loan |
| abhor (verb); Abhorrence (noun) | hatred | Work at a job that you love, not one that you abhor. |
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