unit 8 vocab

strong dislike; bitter hostility

Ex. The deep animosity between the Montagues and the Capulets could not prevent Romeo and Juliet from falling in love.

• animosity

• deride

• quandary

• commend

fearful or anxious, especially about the future

Ex. As the hurricane approached, apprehensive residents all along the coast prepared for the worst.

• decrepit

• omnivorous

• apprehensive

• deride

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

Ex. The mayor commended the young people for their volunteer work at local hospitals and soup kitchens.

• deride

• reprisal

• recalcitrant

• commend

old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

Ex. “I may be aging,” the famous movie star replied, “but I am hardly decrepit.”

• decrepit

• obsolete

• consecrate

• parsimonious

to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

Ex. Most people find jokes that deride somebody’s national origin or social background extremely offensive.

• multifarious

• deride

• quandary

• suave

having great variety; numerous and diverse

Ex. Leonardo daVinci’s notebooks reveal that he was a man of multifarious interests.

• condolence

• multifarious

• revel

• apathy

eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

Ex. An omnivorous animal has a greater chance of survival than one that depends on a single food source.

• recalcitrant

• deride

• compatible

• omnivorous

a state of perplexity, confusion, or doubt

Ex. Try as I might, I could see non way out of the ethical quandary in which I found myself.

• quandary

• apprehensive

• ingenuous

• obsolete

stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

Ex. A recalcitrant individual may have great difficulty adjusting to a job that requires a good deal of teamwork.

• reprisal

• revel

• recalcitrant

• decrepit

an injury done in return for injury

Ex. The Highland clans of Scotland engaged in cattle rustling in reprisal for real or imagined injuries.

• stultify

• consecrate

• reprisal

• animosity