AP Lang Unit 8

animosity

•  strong dislike; bitter hostility
• to praise, express approval
• innocent, simple; frank, sincere

a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

• apathy
• condolence
• animosity 
• decrepit

As the hurricane approached, __________residents all along the coast prepared for the worst.  

• apathetic
• commendable
• apprehensive
• decrepit

commend

•  to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
• smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
• to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
• to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

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

• consecrated
• compatible
• multifarious
• apathetic

Although I was unable to visit my old friend's widow in person, I offered my_________in a heartfelt letter.

• condolence
• animosity
• apathy
• reprisal

consecrate

• to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
• an expression of sympathy.
• able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

• obsolete
• parsimonious
• suave
• decrepit

Many stand-up comedians regularly ________popular fads and fashions.  

• commend
• deride
• consecrate
• revel

ingenuous

• having great variety; numerous and diverse
• artful, crafty, worldly, sophisticated
•  infirm, broken-down, rickety, dilapidated
• nnocent, simple; frank, sincere