Unit 8 Vocabulary Review

Definition:

(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

• apprehensive

• decrepit

• animosity

• consecrate

Definition

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

• compatible

• parsimonious

• commend

• obsolete

Definition:

(n.) an injury done in return for an injury

• reprisal

• revel

• recalcitrant

• deride

Definition:

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

• commend

• consecrate

• deride

• stultify

Definition:

(n.) an expression of sympathy

• condolence

• obsolete

• reprisal

• stultify

Definition:

(n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

• apathy

• obsolete

• parsimonious

• animosity

Definition:

(n.) a strong dislike; bitter hostility

• animosity

• apprehensive

• compatible

• recalcitrant

Which word is synonymous with the following:

outmoded, antiquated, passé

• obsolete

• decrepit

• animosity

• recalcitrant

Which word is synonymous with the following:

to mock, scorn, disparage, jeer at

• apathy

• obsolete

• conserate

• deride

Which word is synonymous with the following:

to smother, stifle; to neutralize, negate

• stultify

• commend

• apprehensive

• animosity