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VocabLevelFCh8
Question | Answer |
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acrimonious | (adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
bovine | (adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
consternation | (n) dismay, confusion |
corpulent | (adj) fat; having a large, bulky body |
disavow | (v) to deny responsibility for or connection with |
dispassionate | (adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion |
dissension | (n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
dissipate | (v) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
expurgate | (v) t remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
gauntlet | (n) 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; and ordeal |
hypothetical | (adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
ignoble | (adj) mean, low, base |
impugn | (v) to call into question; to attack as false |
intemperate | (adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
odium | (n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
perfidy | (n) faithlessness, treachery |
relegate | (v) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
squeamish | (adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
subservient | (adj) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
susceptible | (adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |