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Vocab Unit 8

Vocab Unit 8. Animosity. (noun) strong dislike; bitter hostility. Apathy. (noun) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest. Apprehensive. (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future. Commend.

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Vocab Unit 8

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  1. Vocab Unit 8

  2. Animosity (noun) strong dislike; bitter hostility

  3. Apathy (noun) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

  4. Apprehensive (adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

  5. Commend (verb) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

  6. Compatible (adj.) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

  7. Condolence (noun) an expression of sympathy

  8. Consecrate (verb) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

  9. Decrepit (adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

  10. Deride (verb) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

  11. Ingenuous (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

  12. Multifarious (adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse

  13. Obsolete (adj.) out-of-date, no longer in use

  14. Omniverous (adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

  15. Parsimonious (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

  16. Quandary (noun) a state of perplexity or doubt

  17. Recalcitrant (adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

  18. Reprisal (noun) injury done in return for injury

  19. Revel (verb) to take great pleasure in (noun) a wild celebration

  20. Stultify (verb) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

  21. Suave (adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

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