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BHS level f unit 8
Question | Answer |
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(v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify | expurgate |
(n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct | odium |
(adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end | subservient |
(adj.) mean, low, base | ignoble |
(adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement | intemperate |
(adj.) based on an assumption or guess, used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation | hypothetical |
(v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with | disavow |
(n.) dismay, confusion | consternation |
(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel: to spend foolishly. squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure | dissipate |
(adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance | susceptible |
(v.) to call into question; to attack as false | impugn |
(v.) to place in a lower position, to assign, refer, turn over; to banish | relegate |
(n.) faithlessness, treachery | perfidy |
(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; an ordeal | gauntlet |
(adj.). impartial; calm, free from emotion | dispassionate |
(n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion | dissension |
(adj.)resembling a cow or ox: sluggish, unresponsive | bovine |
(adj.) fat; having a large, bulky body | corpulent |
(adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined | squeamish |
(adj.) stinging, bitter in temper or tone | acrimonious |