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RVocab 5-6
Vocab Lessons 5 and 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amicable | friendly, peaceable |
| amity | friendship, friendly relations |
| enamored | in love with, charmed by (used with "of") |
| odious | hateful, distasteful |
| bibliophile | lover of books |
| philanthropy 1 | goodwill towards fellow humans |
| philanthropy 2 | charitable gift, act, or organization |
| phobia | strong, irrational fear |
| acrophobia | fear of heights |
| hydrophobia 1 | fear of water |
| hydrophobia 2 | rabies |
| xenophobia | fear of hatred of anything foreign |
| appease | to calm, to satisfy or relieve |
| pacific | peaceful, serene |
| pacify 1 | to calm or quiet |
| pacify 2 | to end war or violence |
| antipathy | hatred or dislike |
| apathy 1 | lack of feeling, energy, or interest |
| apathy 2 | indifference |
| empathy | ability to identify with someone |
| pathological 1 | referring to pathology |
| pathological 2 | caused by a disease |
| pathological 3 | abnormal in behavior |
| pathos | sypathy |
| misogamy | hatred of marriage |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| dysentery | severe diarrhea |
| dyslexia | reading issues |
| covet | to crave or desire |
| cupidity | greed, avarice |
| complacent | self satisfied, smug |
| implacable | impossible to calm or appease |
| placate | to calm, pacify, or appease |
| placid | showing calmness, peacefulness or composure |