Question | Answer |
acrimonious | (adj.) stinging, bitter 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 |
disavow | (v.) to deny responsibility for or connection with |
dispassionate | (adj.) impartial; calm, free from emotion |
dissention | (n.) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
dissipate | (v.) to cause to dissappear; to scare |
expurgate | (v.) to remove objectionable passages or words from a written text, to cleanse, purify |
gauntlet | (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 |
hypothetical | (adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation |
ignoble | (adj.) mean, low, base |
impugn | (v.) to call into question; to attack as false |
intemperate | (adj.) immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
odium | (n.) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
perfidy | (n.) faithlessness, treachery |
relegate | (v.) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
squeamish | (adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined |
subservient | (adj.) subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
susceptible | (adj.) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |