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English Vocab
Unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elan | an enthusiastic vigor and liveliness; spirit |
| dissipate | to scatter |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist, helpful, favorable |
| dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| dissension | disagreement |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| corpulent | fat |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; serving to promote some end, submissively obedient |
| perfidy | faithlessness |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| odium | hatred, contempt |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset excessively fastidious or refined |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challenge to combat |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign; refer |