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Level F - Unit 8
Sadlier-Oxford Level F - Unit 8
Word | Definition |
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acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
bovine | resembling a cow; sluggish, unrespsonsive |
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 |
expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words form a written text; to cleanse, purify |
gauntlet | 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 |
hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
ignoble | mean, low, base |
impugn | to call into question, to attack as false |
intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclement |
odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset |
subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient |
susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |