Level E Unit 8 Vocab Words

compatible

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

omnivorous

(adj) eating every kind of food ; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of taste

apprehensive

(adj) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

multifarious

(adj) having great variety ; numerous and diverse

ingenuous

(adj) innocent, simple ; frank, sincere

decrepit

(adj) old and feeble

obsolete

(adj) out of date, no longer in use

suave

(adj) smoothly agreeable or polite

parsimonious

(adj) stingy, miserly

recalcitrant

(adj) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

apathy

(n) a lack of felling, emotion, or interest

quandary

(n) a state of perplexity or doubt

condolence

(n) an expression of sympathy

reprisal

(n) an injury done for injury

animosity

(n) strong dislike; bitter hostility

stultify

(v) to make ineffective, cripple ; to have a dulling effect on

consecrate

(v) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

commend

(v) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

deride

(v) to ridicule, to laugh at with content

revel

(v) to take pleasure in ; a wild celebration