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bkhs 11/F unit 8
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level f unit 8
Question | Answer |
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acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
bovine | resembling a cow or ox, sluggish |
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 |
expurage | to remove objectionable passages or words from a text, to cleanse, purify |
gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challenge; 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 |
odium | hatred, contempt, disgrace |
perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign or refer; to banish |
squeamish | inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset |
subservient | subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obedient |
susceptible | open to; easily influenced |