Unit 8/9

Cards (25)

  • animosity
    (n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility
  • commend
    (v.) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of
  • deride
    (v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt
  • multifarious
    (adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse
  • quandary
    (n.) state of perplexity or doubt
  • recalcitrant
    (adj.) stubbornly disobedient; resisting authority
  • apathy
    (n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest
  • consecrate
    (v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose
  • ingenuous
    (adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere
  • parsimonious
    (adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small
  • stultify
    (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on
  • ardent
    (adj.) very enthusiastic, impassioned
  • capricious
    (adj.) subject to whims or passing fancies
  • deviate
    (v.) to turn aside; to stray from a norm; (n.) one who departs from a norm; (adj.) differing from a norm, heterodox, unconventional
  • gnarled
    (adj.) knotted, twisted, lumpy
  • indemnity
    (n.) a payment for damage or loss
  • palatable
    (adj.) agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption
  • sophomoric
    (adj.) immature and overconfident; conceited
  • allocate

    (v.) to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
  • assiduous
    (adj.) persistent, attentitive, delligent
  • copious
    (adj.) abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
  • emaciated
    (adj., part.) unaturally thin
  • inkling
    (n.) a hint; a vague notion
  • rancor
    (n.) bitter resentment or ill-will
  • chastise
    (v.) to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely