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Vocab Workshop unit 8 level E
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20
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02/01/2005

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Animosity
Definition
Noun;
Strong Dislke; bitter honesty
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Apathy
Definition
Noun;
Lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
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Apprehensive
Definition
Adjective;
Fearful or anxious, especially about the future
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Commend
Definition
Verb;
To praise, express approval; to present as worthy fo attention; to commit to the care of
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Compatible
Definition
Adj.;
Able to get along with or work well with
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Condolence
Definition
Noun;
an expression of sympathy
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Consecrate
Definition
Verb;
to make sacred, hallow; to set apart fo ra special purpose
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Decrepit
Definition
Adjective;
Old and feeble; worn out, ruined
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Deride
Definition
Verb;
to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
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Ingenous
Definition
Adjective;
innocent, simple; frank, sincere
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Multifarious
Definition
Adjective;
Having a great variety; varied
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obsolete
Definition
Adj.;
out of date, no longer in use
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omnivorous
Definition
Adjective;
all devouring, eating all kinds of food
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parsimonious
Definition
adjective;
Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
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quandary
Definition
Noun;
a state of perplexity, or doubt
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recalcitrant
Definition
adjective;
stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority
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reprisal
Definition
noun;
an injury done in return for an injury
(an eye for an eye)
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revel
Definition
Verb;
to take great pleasure in;
Noun;
a wild celebration
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Stultify
Definition
Verb;
to make ineffective or useless, cripple;
to have a dulling effect on.
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suave
Definition
Adjective;
smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
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