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Level E Unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| animosity | strong dislike |
| apathy | a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
| commend | to praise, express approval |
| compatible | able to get along or work well together |
| condolence | an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | to make sacred, hallow |
| decrepit | old and feeble |
| deride | to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| ingenuous | innocent, simple |
| multifarious | having great variety |
| obsolete | out of date |
| omnivorous | eating every kind of food |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| recalcitrant | stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | an injury done in return for injury |
| revel | to take great pleasure in |
| stultify | to make ineffective or useless, cripple |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite |