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bkhs 11/F unit 8
sadlier-oxford vocab workshop level f unit 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox, sluggish |
| consternation | dismay, confusion |
| corpulent | fat, having a large bulky body |
| disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
| dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emotion |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly |
| expurage | to remove objectionable passages or words from a text, to cleanse, purify |
| gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challenge; an ordeal |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question; to attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate; lacking in self-control |
| odium | hatred, contempt, disgrace |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign or refer; to banish |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea, easily shocked or upset |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role, submissively obedient |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced |