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mc unit 8 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apathy | a lack of feeling or emotion, interest |
| apprehensive | fearful or anxious |
| commend | to praise, express approval |
| compatible | able to get along or work well together |
| condolence | an expression of sympathy |
| consecrate | to make sacred |
| animosity | strong dislike, hostility |
| decrepit | old and feeble, worn out |
| deride | to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
| ingenuous | innocent, simple, sincere |
| multifarious | having great variety, numerous |
| obsolete | out of date, no longer in use |
| omnivorous | eating every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly |
| quandary | doubt, state of perplexity |
| recalcitrant | stubborn, disobedient, resisting authority |
| reprisal | an injury done in return for injury |
| revel | to take pleasure in, a wild celebration |
| stultify | to make ineffective or useless, cripple |
| suave | smoothly agreeable or polite, pleasing to the senses |