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Unit 8
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acrimonoius | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow |
| consternation | great confusion |
| corpulent | fat; having a large, bulky body |
| disavow | to deny responsibility |
| dispassionate | calm; free from emotion |
| dissension | disagreement |
| dissipate | to scatter; to disappear |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self control |
| odium | hatred, contempt |
| perfidy | faithlessness; treachery |
| relegate | to place in lower position; assign |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily upset |
| subservient | submissively obedient |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced |