VOCAB E8

The word PARSIMONIOUS most nearly means:

• A. (n.) A noisy festivity or celebration, merrymaking; (v.) To take great pleasure or delight
• B. (v.) To express approval of; praise
• C. (v.) To laugh at with scorn; To ridicule
• D. (v.) To render useless; To cripple
• E. (adj.) Excessively unwilling to spend; Stingy

The word OBSOLETE most nearly means:

• A. (v.) To express approval of; praise
• B. (n.) Hatred, Strong dislike
• C. (n.) A noisy festivity or celebration, merrymaking; (v.) To take great pleasure or delight
• D. (adj.) No longer practiced or accepted; Outdated
• E. (adj.) Smooth and pleasant in manner

The word INGENUOUS most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; Not devious in a naive way
• B. (v.) To render useless; To cripple
• C. (adj.) Anxious or fearful about the future; Uneasy
• D. (adj.) Smooth and pleasant in manner
• E. (adj.) No longer practiced or accepted; Outdated

The word DECREPIT most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) Worn and broken down by hard use
• B. (adj.) Smooth and pleasant in manner
• C. (n.) Lack of concern or emotion; Indifference
• D. (adj.) Excessively unwilling to spend; Stingy
• E. (adj.) Anxious or fearful about the future; Uneasy

The word STULTIFY most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) Anxious or fearful about the future; Uneasy
• B. (v.) To render useless; To cripple
• C. (n.) Lack of concern or emotion; Indifference
• D. (v.) To laugh at with scorn; To ridicule
• E. (adj.) Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination

The word APATHY most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) No longer practiced or accepted; Outdated
• B. (adj.) Anxious or fearful about the future; Uneasy
• C. (v.) To set apart as sacred
• D. (n.) Lack of concern or emotion; Indifference
• E. (n.) An injury done in return for injury

The word ANIMOSITY most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) Excessively unwilling to spend; Stingy
• B. (adj.) Worn and broken down by hard use
• C. (n.) Hatred, Strong dislike
• D. (adj.) Anxious or fearful about the future; Uneasy
• E. (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; A dilemma

The word REPRISAL most nearly means:

• A. (n.) An injury done in return for injury
• B. (n.) A noisy festivity or celebration, merrymaking; (v.) To take great pleasure or delight
• C. (v.) To express approval of; praise
• D. (adj.) Excessively unwilling to spend; Stingy
• E. (n.) A state of difficulty or perplexity; A dilemma

The word COMPATIBLE most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) Capable of existing or performing in harmonious, agreeable, or congenial combination
• B. (adj.) Worn and broken down by hard use
• C. (n.) Hatred, Strong dislike
• D. (adj.) Having great variety; diverse
• E. (adj.) Stubbornly disobedient; Resisting to authority

The word OMNIVOROUS most nearly means:

• A. (adj.) Eating or living upon food of all kinds indiscriminately
• B. (n.) Lack of concern or emotion; Indifference
• C. (adj.) Excessively unwilling to spend; Stingy
• D. (v.) To laugh at with scorn; To ridicule
• E. (v.) To render useless; To cripple