Vocabulary+List+8

List vocabulary words and definitions for list #8 here. Under each word include part of speech, phonetic spelling, words used in context, and examples of your own sentences.

For **Tuesday's vocabulary quiz** you will need to do the following:


 * Define**: animosity, apathy, commend, compatible, deride
 * Identify another form of**: ingenuous, omnivorous, recalcitrant, revel, apprehensive
 * Use in a sentence:** condolence, consecrate, decrepit, multifarious, parsimonious
 * Provide a synonym for:** obsolete, quandary, reprisal, stultify, suave


 * animosity, apathy, commend, compatible, deride, ingenuous, obsolete, omnivorous, recalcitrant, revel, apprehensive, condolence, consecrate, decrepit, multifarious, parsimonious, quandary, reprisal, stultify, suave

animosity -** (n.) ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility **:** an antagonistic attitude


 * apathy -** (n.) lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

Jenn's expressionless face indicated her complete //apathy// toward my predicament.


 * apprehensive -** (adj.) hesitant, uneasy about someone's (or something's) safety

The park ranger was //apprehensive// about the safety of the snow-covered mountain. In the above sentence apprehensive could mean certain. Include additional context clues: //The park ranger was// apprehensive //about the safety of the snow-covered mountain, so he cancelled the expedition until the storm passed.//


 * commend -** (v.) to recommend as worthy of confidence or notice; praise

Marie Curie was //commended// for her great achievements in science with the Nobel Prize.


 * compatible -** (adj.) able to be combined, go easily together

The disk was //compatible// with the computer


 * condolence -** (n.) expression of sympathy

After Lily's father died in a car accident, I went to her house to send my //condolences// to her grieving family.


 * consecrate -** (v.) to make sacred

I was excited to find an attractive house at such a low price, but the reason for its cheapness turned out to be that it was because the //interior// was decrepit!
 * decrepit -** (adj.) old and feeble, worn out


 * deride -** (v.) ridicule, laugh at with contempt

James used to scornfully //deride// Amy for being unintelligent in comparison to himself.


 * ingenuous -** (adj.) innocent, simple; sincere, frank

I felt so special when one little, //ingen__uous__// girl gave me her only penny.

It came as no surprise that Greg won the science fair with his //ingen__ious__ (clever; intelligent)// home-made robot.


 * multifarious -** (adj.) having or occurring in great variety; diverse

The ideas that the students came up with as essay topics were //multifarious//.


 * obsolete -** (adj.) worthless, useless

"...the Uneeda Biscuit in an airtight sanitary package made the cracker barrel //obsolete//." ~Meredith Willson's //The Music Man// (Selling crackers in packages made the crackers sold in barrels //obsolete.//)


 * omnivorous** -(adj.) avidly taking in everything as if devouring or consuming

The //omnivorous// reader had just about finished everything in the library.


 * parsimonious** -(adj.) Frugal to the point of stinginess; restrained

On the game show, Shelly was in a quandary-- should she take her prize and go home, or should she try for the bigger prize and risk going away empty-handed?
 * quandary** -(n.) a state of perplexity or doubt


 * recalcitrant -** (adj.) stubbornly disobedient

In unsuppressed fury, Henry's mother called him //recalcitrant// after he stubbornly refused to stop playing video games.


 * reprisal -** (n.) injury done for an injury


 * revel -** (v.) to take pleasure in (n.) a mild celebration

The students //reveled// happily when they heard school was to be dismissed early because of an incoming snowstorm.


 * stultify -** (v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a dulling effect on

Unfortunately, the talented violinist was __stultified__ the moment he looked out at the audience of thousands; it was minutes before he was able to regain his composure and begin playing.

I typically am not impressed by suave suitors, but when Romeo began to recite poetry, I swooned.
 * suave -** (adj.) smoothly agreeable; polite; pleasing to the senses