Unit 8E Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of "animosity"?

• A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

• Strong dislike; bitter hostility

• Fearful or anxious, especially about the future

• To praise or express approval

Which word describes someone who is "fearful or anxious, especially about the future"?

• Apprehensive

• Compatible

• Decrepit

• Suave

What does "compatible" mean?

• An expression of sympathy

• Able to get along or work well together; capable of use

• To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

• Innocent, simple, frank, sincere

What is the definition of "condolence"?

• An expression of sympathy

• To make sacred, hallow

• Out-of-date, no longer in use

• Eating every kind of food

What does "decrepit" mean?

• Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

• To ridicule, laugh at with contempt

• Having great variety; numerous and diverse

• Stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

Which word means "to ridicule, laugh at with contempt"?

• Deride

• Consecrate

• Revel

• Stultify

What is the meaning of "ingenuous"?

• Innocent, simple, frank, sincere

• A state of perplexity or doubt

• Stubbornly disobedient resisting authority

• An injury done in return for injury

What does "multifarious" mean?

• Having great variety; numerous and diverse

• Out-of-date, no longer in use

• To take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

• Smoothly agreeable or polite

What is the definition of "obsolete"?

• Out-of-date, no longer in use

• Eating every kind of food

• To make ineffective or useless

• A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Which word describes someone who is "stubbornly disobedient resisting authority"?

• Recalcitrant

• Parsimonious

• Suave

• Apprehensive