Vocab unit 8
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- acrimonious
- stinging, bitter in temper or tone
- bovine
- resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive
- consternation
- dismay, confusion
- corpulent
- fat; having a large, bulky body
- disavow
- to deny responsibility for or connection with
- dispassionate
- impartial; calm, free from emotion
- dissension
- disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
- dissipate
- to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure
- expurgate
- to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify
- gauntlet
- an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal
- hypothetical
- based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation
- ignoble
- mean, low, base
- impugn
- to call into question; to attack as false
- intemperate
- immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement
- odium
- hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct
- perfidy
- faithlessness, treachery
- relegate
- to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
- squeamish
- inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
- subservient
- subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end
- susceptible
- open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance