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Group 8A. Animosity : (n) strong dislike; bitter hostility Ex: the growing animosity between the rival factions Apathy : (n) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest Ex: greeted my idea with total apathy Apprehensive : (adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future
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Group 8A Animosity: (n) strong dislike; bitter hostility Ex: the growing animosity between the rival factions Apathy: (n) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest Ex: greeted my idea with total apathy Apprehensive: (adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future Ex: tired to calm the apprehensive parents Commend: (v) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of Ex: commend her for her excellent grades
Compatible: (adj) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system Ex: statements not compatible with facts Condolence: (n) an expression of sympathy Ex: a condolence card Consecrate: (v) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for special purpose Ex: consecrate the new church Decrepit: (adj) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined Ex: unwilling to ride in a decrepit old car
Deride: (v) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt Ex: deride our accomplishments Ingenuous: (adj) innocent, simple; frank, sincere Ex: take advantage of the ingenuous youth
Animosity ApathyApprehensive Commend Compatible • To praise, pat on the back; to entrust • Worried, nervous, fretful, jittery • Indifference, disinterest, detachment • Enmity, rancor, antipathy • Harmonious, in agreement, like-minded • Define: Condolence, Consecrate, Decrepit, Deride, Ingenuous
Synonyms: A • Infirm, dilapidated, rickety, broken-down • To devote, dedicate; to sanctify • Naïve, artless, guileless, candid • To praise, pat on the back; to entrust • Worried, nervous, fretful, jittery • Commiseration, solace, sympathy • Indifference, disinterest, detachment • Enmity, rancor, antipathy • To mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at • Harmonious, in agreement, like-minded
Decrepit • Consecrate • Ingenuous • Commend • Apprehensive • Condolence • Apathy • Animosity • Deride • Compatible
Group 8B Multifarious: (adj) having great variety; numerous and diverse Ex: a busy schedule of multifarious activities Obsolete: (adj) out of date, no longer in use Ex: get rid of the obsolete machinery Omnivorous: (adj) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes Ex: an omnivorous animal Parsimonious: (adj) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small Ex: his parsimonious employer (Mr. Scrooge)
Quandary: (n) a state of perplexity or doubt Ex: help us out of this quandary Recalcitrant: (adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority Ex: threaten to punish the recalcitrant children Reprisal: (n) an injury done in return for injury Ex: fear what they will do in reprisal Revel: (v) to take great pleasure in (n) a wild celebration Ex: revel in the attention
Stultify: (v) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on Ex: stultify by the oppressive heat Suave: (adj) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses Ex: a suave man-about-town
Synonyms: 8 All • infirm, dilapidated, rickety, broken-down • To devote, dedicate; to sanctify • Naïve, artless, guileless, candid • Varied, manifold, heterogeneous • To praise, pat on the back; to entrust • Worried, nervous, fretful, jittery • Retaliation, revenge, retribution • Commiseration, solace, sympathy • Sophisticated, urbane, polished • indifference, disinterest, detachment
Decrepit • Consecrate • Ingenuous • Multifarious • Commend • Apprehensive • Reprisal • Condolence • Suave • apathy
11. frugal, niggardly, penny-pinching, “cheap” 12. To smother, stifle; to neutralize, negate 13. all-devouring, voracious 14. To relish, savor, bask in; to carouse 15. confusion; a dilemma, predicament 16. unruly, obstinate, contrary, ornery 17. enmity, rancor, antipathy 18. outmoded, antiquated, passé, “old hat” 19. To mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at 20. harmonious, in agreement, like-minded
11. Parsimonious 12. Stultify 13. Omnivorous 14. Revel 15. Quandary 16. Recalcitrant 17. Animosity 18. Obsolete 19. Deride 20. Compatible