Vocabulary Level E
Unit 8
animosity – (n.) strong dislike;
bitter hostility
apathy - (n.) a lack of feeling,
emotion, or interest
apprehensive – (adj) fearful or
anxious
commend – (v) to praise, express
approval
compatible – (adj) able to get
along or work well together
condolence – (n) an expression of
sympathy
consecrate – (v) to make sacred,
hallow
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decrepit (adj) – old and feeble
deride (v) to ridicule, laugh at with
contempt
ingenuous – (adj) innocent,
simple; sincere
multifarious – (adj) numerous and
diverse
obsolete – (adj) out of date, no
longer in use
omnivorous – (adj) eating every
kind of food
parsimonious – (adj) stingy,
miserly
quandary – (n) a state of perplexity
or doubt (see synonyms)
recalcitrant- (adj) stubbornly
disobedient; resisting authority
reprisal- (n) an injury done for in
return for injury; retaliation
revel – (v.) take great pleasure in,
celebrate
stultify – (v) to make ineffective or
useless; stifle, neutralize
suave – (adj) smoothly agreeable
or polite; sophisticated, urbane