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vocab unit 8
unit 8
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02/23/2004

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animosity
Definition
strong dislike: bitter hostility
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apathy
Definition
a lack of feeling, emotion or interest
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apprehensive
Definition
fearful or anxious, especially about the future
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commend
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to praise, express approval
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compatible
Definition
able to get along with or work well together, capable of use with some omodel or system
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condolence
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an expression of sympathy
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consecrate
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to make sacred, hallow: set apart for a special purpose
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decrepit
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old and feeble, wornout , ruined
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deride
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ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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ingenuous
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innocent, simple , frank adn sincere
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multifarious
Definition
having great variety, numerous adn diverse
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obsolete
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out of date, no longer in use
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omnivorous
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eating every kind of food, eagerly taking in everything
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parsimonous
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stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small
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quandary
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state of perplexity or doubt
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recalitrant
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stubbornly disobiediant
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reprisal
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an injury done in return for injury
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stultify
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to make useless, cripple
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suave
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smoothly agreeable, pleasing to the senses
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