| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Acrimonious | stinging, bitter in temper or tone |
| Bovine | resembling a cow or ox; sluggish, unresponsive |
| Consternation | dismay, confusion |
| Corpulent | fat; having a large, bulk body |
| Disavow | to deny responsiblity for or connection with |
| Dispassionate | impartial; calm, free from emtion |
| Dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| Dissipate | to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishy, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure |
| Expurgate | to remove objectionable passages from a written text; to cleanse, purify |
| Gauntlet | an amored or protective glove, a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to fin between; an ordeal |
| Hypothetical | based on an assumption or guess 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, 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; excessively fastidious or refined |
| Subservient | subordinate in capacity or role; submissively obedient; serving to promote some end |
| Susceptible | open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance |
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