| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acrimonious | stinging, bitter in tone or temper |
| bovine | resembling a cow or ox, sluggish; slow or stupid |
| consternation | dismay, confusion; shock or amazement |
| corpulent | fat, large body or overweight |
| disavow | to deny responsibility or connection with; to disown |
| dispassionate | impartial, calm, free from emotion; unbiased |
| dissension | disagreement, sharp difference of opinion |
| dissipate | disperse, to scatter |
| expurgate | censor, remove parts from a written text |
| gauntlet | an armored glove, a challenge, trial, two lines of armed men to run at each other |
| hypothetical | based on a assumption or guess; assumed, supposed |
| ignoble | mean, low, inferior, unworthy, dishonorable |
| impugn | to call into question, challenge |
| intemperate | lacking in self control; excessive, extreme |
| odium | hatred, shame;infamy resulting from hateful conduct |
| perfidy | faithlessness, treachery, betrayal |
| relegate | to place in a lower position, assign; demote |
| squeamish | inclined to nasea, easily shocked or upset |
| subservient | submissively obedient; serving |
| susceptible | vulnerable |
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