English 10 Unit 8

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1. 1What does "animosity" mean?
   Astrong dislike; bitter hostility

   Ba lack of feeling or interest

   Can expression of sympathy

   Dstubborn disobedience
2. 2What does "apathy" mean?
   Astrong dislike

   Ba state of doubt

   Ca wild celebration

   Da lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
3. 3What does "apprehensive" mean?
   Astingy or miserly

   Bold and feeble

   Cfearful or anxious, especially about the future

   Dsmoothly polite
4. 4What does "commend" mean?
   Ato ridicule

   Bto praise; to commit to the care of

   Cto make sacred

   Dto make ineffective
5. 5What does "compatible" mean?
   Aout-of-date

   Bable to get along or work well together

   Chaving great variety

   Dstubbornly disobedient
6. 6What does "condolence" mean?
   Aan expression of sympathy

   Ban injury done in return for injury

   Ca state of perplexity

   Da lack of interest
7. 7What does "consecrate" mean?
   Ato laugh at with contempt

   Bto take great pleasure in

   Cto cripple or dull

   Dto make sacred; to set apart for a special purpose
8. 8What does "decrepit" mean?
   Ainnocent and simple

   Beating every kind of food

   Cold and feeble; worn-out

   Dfearful about the future
9. 9What does "deride" mean?
   Ato praise

   Bto make sacred

   Cto ridicule; laugh at with contempt

   Dto savor
10. 10What does "ingenuous" mean?
    Aclever and inventive

    Binnocent, simple; frank, sincere

    Ccrafty and worldly

    Dstingy and cheap
11. 11What does "multifarious" mean?
    Ahaving great variety; numerous and diverse

    Bable to work well together

    Cno longer in use

    Dold and feeble
12. 12What does "obsolete" mean?
    Abrand-new

    Bworn-out but useful

    Ceating everything

    Dout-of-date, no longer in use
13. 13What does "omnivorous" mean?
    Aeating only plants

    Bhaving great variety of jobs

    Cstingy with food

    Deating every kind of food; taking in everything
14. 14What does "parsimonious" mean?
    Agenerous

    Bsmoothly polite

    Cstingy, miserly

    Dfearful
15. 15What does "quandary" mean?
    Aan act of revenge

    Ba state of perplexity or doubt

    Ca wild celebration

    Dan expression of sympathy
16. 16What does "recalcitrant" mean?
    Astubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

    Bobedient and docile

    Cold and feeble

    Dinnocent and frank
17. 17What does "reprisal" mean?
    Aan injury done in return for injury

    Ban expression of sympathy

    Ca repeat performance

    Da reward for good work
18. 18What does "revel" mean?
    Ato loathe

    Bto reveal a secret

    Cto ridicule

    Dto take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
19. 19What does "stultify" mean?
    Ato inspire

    Bto make sacred

    Cto make ineffective; to have a dulling effect on

    Dto praise
20. 20What does "suave" mean?
    Acrude and clumsy

    Bsmoothly agreeable or polite

    Cstubborn

    Dfearful