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Vocab 8

Vocabulary Unit 8

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