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Page 1: Vocabulary Unit 8 Flushed Away. Animosity The Toad felt nothing but animosity towards rats and mice because his former owner, Prince Charles, had replaced

Vocabulary Unit 8Flushed Away

Page 2: Vocabulary Unit 8 Flushed Away. Animosity The Toad felt nothing but animosity towards rats and mice because his former owner, Prince Charles, had replaced

Animosity

The Toad felt nothing but animosity towards rats and mice because his former owner, Prince Charles, had replaced him with a mouse as a pet.

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Animosity

(n.) strong dislike; bitter hostility

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Apathy

When Le Frog delayed his search for Roddy and Rita by five hours so that he could eat dinner, it suggested a certain apathy for his mission.

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Apathy

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

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Commend

Sid commended Roddy’s home for its comfort and poshness. In fact, he liked it so much he decided to replace Roddy as the house pet.

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Commend

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

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Compatible

Although they were not very good at their jobs, Spike and Whitey were compatible henchmen who worked very well together.

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Compatible

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

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Condolence

When Roddy learned what happened to Rita’s father, he expressed his condolences.

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Condolence

(n.) an expression of sympathy

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Consecrate

Once his owners leave, Roddy consecrates the apartment as his party space.

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Consecrate

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

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Decrepit

It wasn’t such a bad thing that Rita’s ship, the Jammy Dodger, was destroyed. It was rather decrepit and in need of repairs.

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Decrepit

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

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Deride

At first, Roddy derided the sewer as a dirty, disgusting place to live.

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Deride

(v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt

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Ingenuous

Having no clue that Sid planned to replace him as the pet of the house, Roddy ingenuously invited him to share the giant apartment.

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Ingenous

(adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere

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Multifarious

Once in the sewer system, Roddy found a multifarious city – nearly as diverse and immense as the city of London above ground.

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Multifarious

(adj.) having great variety, numerous and diverse

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Obsolete

Once he enjoyed the freedom of life in the sewer, Roddy’s old life as a captive pet seemed obsolete.

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Obsolete

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

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Omnivorous

Sid was an omnivorous rat, eating everything he could find in the apartment – including chocolate cake.

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Omnivorous

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

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Parsimonious

Because of the immense size of Rita’s family, their small dinners were rather parsimonious.

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Parsimonious

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

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Quandary

After Roddy demonstrated that Rita’s “ruby” was, in fact, fake, she was in a quandary about how to pay for her family.

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Quandary

(n.) state of perplexity or doubt

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Recalcitrant

Le Toad’s recalcitrant henchmen refused to leave until after their five-hour dinner was over.

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Recalcitrant

(adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority

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Reprisal

The Frog sought reprisal after Rita stole the “ruby” from him.

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Reprisal

(n.) an injury done in return for injury

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Revel

The rodents reveled in the idea of a victory for England in the World Cup (they lost, as usual).

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Revel

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

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Stultify

Rita and Roddy used liquid nitrogen to stultify some of the villains.

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Stultify

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

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Suave

Roddy looked far more suave in his tuxedo than either his bathrobe or his Wolverine costume.

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Suave

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