Level F - Unit 8 Word Scramble
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| Word | Definition |
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| bovine | resembling a cow; sluggish, unrespsonsive |
| 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 |
| expurgate | to remove objectionable passages or words form a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| gauntlet | 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 |
| hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess |
| ignoble | mean, low, base |
| impugn | to call into question, to attack as false |
| intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control, inclement |
| odium | hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery |
| relegate | to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish |
| squeamish | inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset |
| subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient |
| susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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