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V LF U8

Vocab Level F Unit 8

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(adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone acrimonious
syn: biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish acrimonious
ant: gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial acrimonious
(adj) resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive bovine
syn: stolid, dull, slow, stupid bovine
ant: alert, sharp, bright, keen, quick bovine
(n) dismay, confusion consternation
syn: shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay consternation
ant: calm, composure, aplomb consternation
(adj) fat; having a large, bulky body corpulent
syn: overweight, heavy, obtuse, stout, portly corpulent
ant: slender, lean, spare, gaunt, emaciated corpulent
(v) to deny the responsibility for or connection with disavow
syn: disown, disclaim, retract, abjure disavow
ant: acknowledge, admit, grant, certify disavow
(adj) impartial; calm, free from emotion dispassionate
syn: unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached dispassionate
ant: committed, engaged, partial, biased dispassionate
(n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion dissension
syn: strife, discord, contention dissension
ant: agreement, accord, harmony dissension
(v) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure dissipate
syn: disperse, strew, diffuse, waste dissipate
ant: gather, collect, conserve, husband dissipate
(v) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text; to cleanse, purify expurgate
syn: purge, censor, bowdlerize expurgate
(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
syn: dare, provocation, trial, punishment gauntlet
(adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation hypothetical
syn: assumed, supposed, conjectural, conditional hypothetical
ant: actual, real, tested, substantiated hypothetical
(adj) mean, low, base ignoble
syn: inferior, unworthy, dishonorable, sordid ignoble
ant: admirable, praiseworthy, lofty, noble ignoble
(v) to call into question; to attack as false impugn
syn: challenge, deny, dispute, query, question impugn
ant: confirm, prove, verify, validate impugn
(adj) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement intemperate
syn: excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate intemperate
ant: moderate, restrained, cool and collected intemperate
(n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct odium
syn: abhorrence, opprobrium, shame, ignominy odium
ant: esteem, admiration, approbation odium
(n) faithlessness, treachery perfidy
syn: betrayal, disloyalty, treason, duplicity perfidy
ant: faithfulness, loyalty, steadfastness perfidy
(v) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish relegate
syn: transfer, consign, demote, exile relegate
ant: promote, elevate, advance, recall relegate
(adj) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined squeamish
syn: nauseated, queasy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish squeamish
(n) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end subservient
syn: secondary, servile, obsequious, useful subservient
ant: primary, principal, bossy, domineering subservient
(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance susceptible
syn: vulnerable, receptive, impressionable susceptible
ant: resistant, immune susceptible
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