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Level F- Unit 8
Question | Answer |
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acrimonious | (adj.)stinging or bitting in temper or tone |
bovine | (adj.)resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive |
consternation | (n.)dismay, confusion |
corpulent | (adj.)fat; having a large, bulky body |
diavow | (v.)to deny responsibility of or connection with |
dispassionate | (adj.)impartial;calm;free from emotion |
dissention | (n.)disagreement, sharp difference in opinions |
dissipate | (v.)to cause to disappear; to scatter; to spend foolishly |
expurgate | (v.)to remove any objectionable words from text, to cleanse |
gauntlet | (n.)an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons which to beat a person forced to run between them |
hypothetical | (adj.)based on an assumption or guess; used a tenative idea to guide an situation |
ignoble | (adj.)mean, low, base |
hypothetical | (adj.)based on an assumption or guess; used a tenative idea to guide an situation |
ignoble | (adj.)mean, low, base |
impugn | (v.)to call into question; to attack as false |
intemperate | (adj.)immoderate, lacking self-control |
odium | (n.)hatred, contempt, disgrace or imfamy resulting for hateful conduct |
perfidy | (n.)faithlessness, treachery |
relegate | (v.)to place in lower position; to assign;to banish |
squeamish | (adj.)inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset |
perfidy | (n.)faithlessness, treachery |
relegate | (v.)to place in lower position; to assign;to banish |
squeamish | (adj.)inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset |
subservient | (adj.)subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
susceptible | (adj.)open to; easily influenced; lacking resistance |