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Unit 8 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility. [animal] | Animosity |
| (n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest. [pathetic] | Apathy |
| (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future. [mother hen] | Apprehensive |
| (v.) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of. [compliment] | Commend |
| (adj.) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system. [pal] | Compatible |
| (n.) an expression of sympathy. [console] | Condolence |
| (v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose. [sacred] | Consecrate |
| (adj.) old and feeble. [cripple] | Decrepit |
| (v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt. | Deride |
| (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere. [genuine] | Ingenuous |
| (adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse. [many] | Multifarious |
| (adj.) out of date, no longer in use. [old] | Obsolete |
| (adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes. [omni = all] | Omnivorous |
| (adj.) stingy, miserly. [parsley] | Parsimonious |
| (n.) a state of perplexity or doubt. [question] | Quandary |
| (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority. [resistant] | Recalcitrant |
| (n.) an injury done in return for injury. [eye for an eye] | Reprisal |
| (v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration. [revolt] | Revel |
| (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on. [stun] | Stultify |
| (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite. [shampoo] | Suave |