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vocab
unit 8
Question | Answer |
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stinging bitter in temper or tone | acrimonious |
resembling a cow or ox sluggish or unresponsive | bovine |
dismay confusion | consternation |
fat having a large bulky body | corpulent |
to deny responsibility for or connection to | disavow |
impartial calm free from emotion | dispassionate |
disagreement sharp differences of opinions | dissension |
to cause to disappear to scatter dispel spend foolishly squander extravagant in pursuit of pleasure | dissipate |
remove objectionable passages or words from a written text to cleanse purify | expurgate |
an armored or protective glove a challenge | gauntlet |
based on assumption or guess tentative idea | hypothetical |
mean low base | ignoble |
to call into question to attack as false | impugn |
immoderate lacking in self control need to control anger | intemperate |
hatred contempt disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct | odium |
faithless treachery | perfidy |
place in a lower position to assign refer turn over to banish | relegate |
inclined to nausea easily shocked or upset excessively fastidious or refined | squeamish |
subordinate in capacity or role submissively obedient | subservient |
open to easily influenced lacking in resistance | susceptible |