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vocab
unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |