sadler-oxford vocabularyworkshop new edition level F chapter 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temer or tone |
bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish unresponsive |
consternation | dissmay, confusion |
corpulent | fat having a large bulky body |
disavow | to deny responsibility for or connection with |
dispassionate | impartial; clam, free from emotion |
dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter dispel; to spend foolishly, suander; to be extravant in pursuit of pleasure |
expurgate | to remove objectionable pasages or words from a written text;to cleanse, purify |
gauntlet | an armored or protective glove; a challange; two lines of men armed with wepons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; 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 uestion; to attack as false |
intemperate | immoderate, lacking in self-control; inclement |
odium | hatred, contempt; disgtrace 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; excessively fastidious or refined |
subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
susceptible | open to; easily infuenced; lacking in resistance |
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