English 10 Unit 8 Vocab

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1. 1What does "animosity" mean?
   Aan injury done in return for injury

   Ba state of perplexity or doubt

   Cstrong dislike; bitter hostility

   Dinnocent, simple; frank, sincere
2. 2What does "apathy" mean?
   Astingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

   Bstrong dislike; bitter hostility

   Cto ridicule, laugh at with contempt

   Da lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
3. 3What does "apprehensive" mean?
   Ahaving great variety; numerous and diverse

   Bsmoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

   Cfearful or anxious, especially about the future

   Dstingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
4. 4What does "commend" mean?
   Asmoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

   Bfearful or anxious, especially about the future

   Cto praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention

   Dto make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
5. 5What does "compatible" mean?
   Asmoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

   Bto praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention

   Cto make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

   Dable to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system
6. 6What does "condolence" mean?
   Aa state of perplexity or doubt

   Ban expression of sympathy

   Cout-of-date, no longer in use

   Dold and feeble; worn-out, ruined
7. 7What does "consecrate" mean?
   Astubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

   Bto make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

   Cto make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

   Dto praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention
8. 8What does "decrepit" mean?
   Aout-of-date, no longer in use

   Ba state of perplexity or doubt

   Cinnocent, simple; frank, sincere

   Dold and feeble; worn-out, ruined
9. 9What does "deride" mean?
   Aa lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

   Bold and feeble; worn-out, ruined

   Cstrong dislike; bitter hostility

   Dto ridicule, laugh at with contempt
10. 10What does "ingenuous" mean?
    Ainnocent, simple; frank, sincere

    Ban injury done in return for injury

    Cto ridicule, laugh at with contempt

    Dold and feeble; worn-out, ruined
11. 11What does "multifarious" mean?
    Aan injury done in return for injury

    Bhaving great variety; numerous and diverse

    Cto ridicule, laugh at with contempt

    Dto take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
12. 12What does "obsolete" mean?
    Ainnocent, simple; frank, sincere

    Ban injury done in return for injury

    Cold and feeble; worn-out, ruined

    Dout-of-date, no longer in use
13. 13What does "omnivorous" mean?
    Aeating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

    Bto make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

    Cto take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

    Dsmoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses
14. 14What does "parsimonious" mean?
    Aa lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

    Bstrong dislike; bitter hostility

    Cstingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

    Dan injury done in return for injury
15. 15What does "quandary" mean?
    Aa state of perplexity or doubt

    Bstrong dislike; bitter hostility

    Cold and feeble; worn-out, ruined

    Dinnocent, simple; frank, sincere
16. 16What does "recalcitrant" mean?
    Astingy, miserly; meager, poor, small

    Bstubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

    Cfearful or anxious, especially about the future

    Dhaving great variety; numerous and diverse
17. 17What does "reprisal" mean?
    Ato ridicule, laugh at with contempt

    Ban injury done in return for injury

    Cold and feeble; worn-out, ruined

    Dstingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
18. 18What does "revel" mean?
    Aa lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

    Bstubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

    Cto take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

    Dfearful or anxious, especially about the future
19. 19What does "stultify" mean?
    Ato make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

    Bfearful or anxious, especially about the future

    Csmoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

    Dto take great pleasure in; a wild celebration
20. 20What does "suave" mean?
    Asmoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

    Bstubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

    Cto take great pleasure in; a wild celebration

    Dhaving great variety; numerous and diverse