Vocabulary English (H)

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animosity

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(n.) strong dislike, bitter hostility

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apathy

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(n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest

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apprehensive

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(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future

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commend

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(v.) to praise, express approval; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of

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compatible

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(adj.) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system

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condolence

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(n.) an expression of sympathy

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consecrate

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(v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose

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decrepit

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(adj.) old and feeble; worn-out, ruined

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deride

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(v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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ingenuous

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(adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

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multifarious

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(adj.) having great variety; numerous and diverse

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obsolete

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(adj.) out-of-date, no longer in use

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omivorous

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(adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes

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parsimonious

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(adj.) stingy, miserly, meager, poor, small

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quandry

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(n.) a state of perplexity or doubt

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recalcitrant

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(adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

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reprisal

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(n.) an injury done in return for injury

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revel

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(v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration

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stultify

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

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suave

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(adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses

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abhor

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(v.) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

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amend

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(v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better

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buffet

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(v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n.) a slap, blow

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chaos

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(n.) great confusion, disorder

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commodious

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(adj.) roomy, spacious

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corrosive

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(adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike, bitterly sarcastic

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discern

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(v.) to see clearly, recognize

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extant

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(adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

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implicate

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(v.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

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inter

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(v.) to bury, commit to the earth; to cosign to oblivion

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martinet

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(n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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obviate

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(v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

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renegade

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(n.) one who leaves a group, a deserter, out law; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

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reprehensible

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(adj.) deserving blame or punsihment

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somber

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(adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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squalid

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(adj.) filthy, wretched, debased

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vociferous

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(adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention

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voluminous

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(adj,) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

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waive

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(v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

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turbulent

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(adj.) disorderlyy, riotous,violent;stormy