Vocab Unit 8

  1. adj; stinging, bitter in temper or tone, hostile
    acrimonious
  2. adj; sluggish, unresponsive, slow, dull
    bovine
  3. n; dismay, confusion, shock
    consternation
  4. adj; fat
    corpulent
  5. v; to deny responsibility for or connection with
    disavow
  6. adj; impartial, calm, disinterested
    dispassionate
  7. n; to cause to disappear, scatter, disperse
    dissipate
  8. v; to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse or purify
    exupurgate
  9. n; an armored or protective glove, a challenge or dare
    gauntlet
  10. adj; based on an assumption or guess, used as a guide
    hypothetical
  11. adj; mean, low, unworthy
    ignoble
  12. v; to call into question, to attack as false, challenge
    impugn
  13. adj; lacking in self-control, excessive
    intemperate
  14. n; hatred, shame
    odium
  15. n; faithlessness, betrayal
    perfidy
  16. v; to place in a lower position, assign
    relegate
  17. adj; inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset
    squeamish
  18. adj; secondary in capacity or role
    subservient
  19. adj; open to, easily influenced
    susceptible
  20. n; disagreement, sharp difference of opinion
    dissension
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Vocab Unit 8
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